PART TWO
SPECIAL PART
CHAPTER EIGHT
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Title Five
Other Forms of Interfering with the Activities by Public Authorities
Section 347
False Expert Opinion, Interpreting and Translation
(1) Any person who, acting in the capacity of an expert, interpreter or translator
a) before a court, prosecutor or police body in criminal proceedings, or before a court in civil or execution proceedings, or before an administrative body, or before a court in arbitration proceedings, gives a false statement concerning a fact which is of material relevance for the decision, or who withholds the information about such fact, or
b) in giving expert opinion, or acting as an interpreter or translator on a contractual basis inflicts a small damage to another by giving a false statement concerning a fact, which is of material relevance for the person concerned by expert opinion or interpretation or translation, or is of material relevance for the decision to be taken on the basis of such expert opinion, interpretation or translation, or by withholding the information about such fact,
shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of one to five years.
(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to eight years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1
a) acting in a more serious manner, or
b) by reason of specific motivation.
(3) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of four to ten years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1, and causes substantial damage or other particularly serious consequence through its commission.
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