Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER NINE
FALSE TESTIMONY AND PERJURY

Section 157
Duress

(1) If a witness or an expert has perjured himself or given false unsworn testimony, the court in its discretion may mitigate the sentence (section 49(2)) or in the case of unsworn testimony order a discharge, if the offender told a lie in order to avert from a relative or himself a danger of being punished or subjected to a custodial measure of rehabilitation and incapacitation.

(2) The court in its discretion may also mitigate the sentence (section 49(2)) or order a discharge if a person not yet competent to take an oath has given false unsworn testimony.

Keywords

Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence



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