'Presenting false or forged evidence' in document 'Vietnam - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter XXII CRIMES OF INFRINGING UPON JUDICIAL ACTIVITIES

Article 307.- Making false declarations or supplying false documents

1. Any expert witnesses, interpreters and/or witnesses who make false conclusions, interpretation or declarations or supply documents which they clearly know are untrue, shall be subject to warning, non-custodial reform for up to one year or a prison term of between three months and one year.

2. Committing the crime in one of the following circumstances, the offenders shall be sentenced to between one and three years of imprisonment:
a) In an organized manner;
b) Causing serious consequences.

3. Committing the crime and causing very serious or particular serious consequences, the offenders shall be sentenced to between three and seven years of imprisonment.

4. The offenders may also be banned from holding certain posts, practicing certain occupations or
doing certain jobs for one to five years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged