Norway

The General Civil Penal Code

PART II FELONIES

Chapter 15. False testimony

Section 166.

Any person who gives false testimony in court or before a notary public or in any statement presented to the court by him as a party to or legal representative in a case, or who orally or in writing gives false testimony to any public authority in a case in which he is obliged to give such testimony, or where the testimony is intended to serve as proof, shall be liable to fines or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years.

The same penalty shall apply to any person who causes testimony known to him to be false to be given by another person in any of the above- mentioned cases, or who aids and abets thereto.

Keywords

Offences against administration of justice
Giving false testimony
National penalties - offences against the administration of justice
National penalties - maximum penalty



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