Criminal Code of the Republic of China Article 168
This English translation was last updated on 2025-08-01, but the Chinese text was amended on 2026-07-22. Later amendments may not be reflected in the translation — please refer to the Chinese text.
A witness, expert witness, or interpreter who at a trial before a public official vested with judicial functions or at an investigation before a prosecutor makes, before or after signing an affidavit, a false statement on a matter material to the case shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than seven years.
中文原文 中華民國刑法第168條
於執行審判職務之公署審判時或於檢察官偵查時，證人、鑑定人、通譯於案情有重要關係之事項，供前或供後具結，而為虛偽陳述者，處七年以下有期徒刑。