Article 177 Whoever, being a physician or midwife other than those provided for in Article 3 hereof, requests or accepts for himself or another party a donation or a privilege of any kind or a promise, for giving false evidence in the case of pregnancy, birth, disease, handicap or death, or gives evidence thereof as a result of request, recommendation or intercession, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years. The provisions of Article 173 hereof shall apply if the false testimony resulted in a sentence of imprisonment or death. Article 178 Shall not be punished: 1. The witness who gives evidence during a criminal investigation if he redresses the false evidence before the investigation is closed and before he is denounced. 2. The witness who gives evidence during the trial if he redresses the false evidence before any judgment in the lawsuit is passed even if not final. 3. The witness who may be exposed, if he tells the truth, to physical threats endangering his life, liberty or honour, or if his spouse is exposed to the said threats even if divorced from him, or if his ascendants, descendants, brothers, sisters or brothers-in-law or other close family members are also threatened. Chapter Two Abstention to Testify and Delay of Legal Proceedings Article 179 Whoever, being a witness before a judicial or investigative authority, refuses to appear, take the oath or otherwise withholds testimony before the said authority, unless there is a valid excuse for this refusal, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months and/or a fine not exceeding three thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 3000). Where a witness changed his mind before the passing of a judgement regarding the issue of the case in respect of which he was supposed to give his testimony, the judge may exempt him from the punishment. Article 180 Whoever intentionally, opens, conceals, destroys or seizes, destroys or disfigures a notice posted in execution of a judgment or an order issued by a jurisdictional authority shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month and/or a fine not exceeding three thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 3000). Article 181 Whoever, in bad faith aims to hinder the measures of execution of a seized asset, whether by changing its place, hiding it, disposing thereof, destroying or changing its distinguishing features shall be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years and/or a fine not exceeding ten thousand Qatari Riyals (QR 10.000). The same penalty shall apply if the action is committed by the owner of the asset or the guard thereof. Article 182