A penalty of imprisonment for a period not less than one year and not exceeding (5) five years shall be imposed on any expert, translator or fact-finder appointed by the judicial authority or administrative authority in a civil or criminal lawsuit, who knowingly confirms a matter contrary to the truth and knowingly interprets the same inaccurately. The penalty shall be temporary imprisonment be imposed if the assignment entrusted to the aforementioned categories is related to a felony. The aforementioned categories shall be deprived from re-assuming the same assignments which had been entrusted thereto, and they shall be subject to the provisions of Article (304) of this Law.
Interpretation and application must be checked against the official text and current version.
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