「CRIMINAL ACT」 Article 152 (Perjury, Malicious Perjury) (1) A witness who, having sworn according to Acts, gives false statement, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding ten million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995> (2) As regards a criminal or disciplinary case, a witness who, for the purpose of causing injury to an accused, or a criminal, or disciplinary suspect, commits the crime of the preceding paragraph shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than ten years. Article 153 (Confession, Self-Denunciation) When a person who, having committed the crime of the preceding Article, makes a voluntary confession or denounces himself or herself before the judgment of a criminal or disciplinary case in which he or she has given false statement becomes final, punishment for him or her shall be mitigated or remitted. Article 154 (Fraudulent Expert Opinion, Interpretation, and Translation) An expert witness, interpreter, or translator who, having sworn according to Acts, gives a false expert opinion or a false interpretation or a false translation, shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two Articles. Article 155 (Destruction of Evidence and Special Exception to Relatives) (1) A person who destructs, conceals, forges, or alters the evidence in a criminal or disciplinary case against another or who uses the forged or altered evidence, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than five years or by a fine not exceeding seven million won. <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995> (2) A person who harbors a witness or causes him or her not to testify in a criminal or disciplinary case against another, shall also be punished by the imprisonment or fine as referred to in paragraph (1). <Amended on Dec. 29, 1995> (3) A person who, for the purpose of causing injury to an accused, or a criminal or disciplinary suspect, commits the crimes under the preceding two paragraphs, shall be punished by imprisonment with labor for not more than ten years. (4) If a crime under this Article is committed by a relative or a family member living together with the said person for the benefit of the criminal, it shall not be punishable. <Amended on Mar. 31, 2005> CHAPTER XI CRIMES OF FALSE ACCUSATION 법제처 33 국가법령정보센 터