A penalty of incarceration confinement and/or a fine shall be imposed on whoever, falsely and in bad faith, informs the judicial or administrative authorities that a person has committed an act subject to criminal punishment or administrative sanction, even if it does not result in filing a criminal or disciplinary lawsuit; and also on whoever falsely and contrary to the reality attributes material evidence to a crime committed by a person, or causes legal proceedings to be taken against a person that he knows he is innocent. The penalty in both cases shall be incarceration and a fine if the crime falsely reported is a felony; and if such false reporting leads to imposing a penalty prescribed for a felony, the false reporter shall be punished with the same penalty imposed.
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