Article 461 of the Penal Code

  Penal Code

1. Anyone who knowingly presents false witnesses or mendacious experts or interpreters will be punished with the same penalties established for them in the previous articles.

2. If the person responsible for this crime was a lawyer, attorney, social graduate or representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office, in professional performance or exercise of their function, the penalty in its upper half and special disqualification for employment or public office, profession or trade will be imposed in each case, for a period of two to four years.

art 461 cp

In this article reference is made to certain aggravating factors of worth for a crime of false testimony. In its second section, it establishes the penalties when the person responsible for this crime is a lawyer, attorney, social graduate or representative of the Public Prosecutor's Office.

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