Select Penal Code Certain cases in which the penalty for false testimony reaches death, as it is one of the most serious crimes that harm the justice and integrity of the judicial system, especially if the crime is linked to other serious crimes or results in severe damage to money or life.
The law stipulates that anyone who falsely testifies against someone accused of a misdemeanor or violation, or gives false testimony against him, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years, and anyone who falsely testifies in a civil lawsuit shall be punished with imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years.
If the witness is a doctor, surgeon, or midwife and requests for himself or for someone else or accepts or takes a promise or gift to give false testimony regarding pregnancy, illness, disability, or death, or if he testifies to that as a result of a request, recommendation, or mediation, he shall be punished with the penalties prescribed in the section on bribery or in the section on perjury, whichever is more severe, and the briber and the mediator shall be punished with the penalty prescribed for the briber as well.
Anyone who is assigned by a judicial authority to provide expertise or translation in a civil, commercial, or criminal case and who intentionally changes the truth in any way, shall be punished with the penalties prescribed for false testimony. Whoever coerces a witness not to testify or to testify falsely shall be punished with the same punishment as a false witness, taking into account the circumstances stipulated in the previous articles. Whoever is obliged to take an oath or is rejected in civil matters and swears a false oath shall be sentenced to imprisonment, and a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds may be added to him.
