Afghanistan

Penal Code

Book Two
Felonies, Misdemeanors, Obscenities and its Punishments

Section One
Felonies and Miedemeanots Against Public Interest

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Perjury

Article 389 :

(1) If one of the parties involved in a judicial case is required to take oath and commits perjury, he shall be sentenced to medium imprisonment of not loss than two years.

(2) A person committing perjury who resorts to the truth, prior to the final verdict, shall hot be punished.

Article 390 :

A person, requested by officials of law or a judge, who abstains from testifying, without any legal or
religious excuses, shall be sentenced to short imprisonment, not exceeding six months, and shall
be fined an amount not exceeding. three thousand Afghanis.

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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