'Giving false testimony' in document 'Grenada - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK II
GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V
OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY

TITLE XIV
PERJURY

142. (1) Whoever commits perjury shall be liable to impris-onment for six months.

BOOK II
GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART V
OFFENCES AGAINST RIGHTS OF PROPERTY

TITLE XIV
PERJURY

142. (3) If, upon the hearing of any complaint for an offence under this section, it appears to the Court that such offence cannot be sufficiently punished under the provisions of this section, all further proceedings thereon as for a summary offence shall be stayed, and depositions shall be taken, and the case shall in all other respects he dealt with as if the charge had been originally one for an indictable offence.

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:
(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth