Uganda

The International Criminal Court Act 2010

Part II – International Crimes and Offences Against The Administration of Justice

Offences against Administration of Justice

13. False evidence.
(1) A person who gives evidence for the purposes of a proceeding before the ICC or in connection with a request made by the ICC that contains an assertion that, if made in a judicial proceeding in Uganda as evidence on oath, would be perjury, gives false evidence.

(2) A person is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, gives false evidence.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the false evidence is given in order to obtain the conviction of a person for an offence for which the maximum punishment is not less than 3 years’ imprisonment, the punishment may be imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.

14. Fabricating evidence before ICC.
A person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, with intent to mislead the ICC, fabricates evidence by any means other than the giving of false evidence.

Keywords

Giving false testimony



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