「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
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