Georgia

The Criminal Code of Georgia

PRIVATE PART

SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Article 371. Refusal to Give Evidence by Witness or Plaintiff
Refusal to give evidence by the witness or plaintiff,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and twenty to one hundred and eighty hours in length or by corrective labour up to one year in length or by jail term up to three months. Note: Criminal liability shall be lifted up from the one who refuses to give evidence against oneself or one’s close relative.

Keywords

compulsion on witnesses and plaintiff to testify

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