Article 19 — Perjury and False Evidence

1. 1.

   Any person who, having taken an oath or made a solemn affirmation before a Kaharagian tribunal or in Kaharagian proceedings, knowingly gives false testimony on a material matter commits an offence.

2. 2.

   Any person who produces, or causes to be produced, a document, record, digital artefact, or any other item as evidence in Kaharagian proceedings, knowing it to be false, forged, or materially altered, commits an offence.

3. 3.

   Any person who suborns, induces, or procures another person to give false testimony or to produce false evidence in Kaharagian proceedings commits an offence.

   1. A person who commits an offence under this paragraph is liable to the same sanctions as the person who gives the false testimony or produces the false evidence.
4. 4.

   It is no defence that the proceedings in which the false testimony was given or the false evidence was produced have concluded, been abandoned, or resulted in a particular outcome.

5. 5.

   Classification. An offence under this Article is a serious offence.

6. 6.

   Sanctions. A person found guilty of an offence under this Article is liable to the following sanctions:

   1. A fine of $5,000 to $50,000, in accordance with Article 12.
   2. Public censure in accordance with Article 10.