Consequences of perjury by witnesses

Legal analysis: In civil litigation, if a witness gives false testimony, it may constitute obstruction of litigation, and the court may take compulsory measures such as admonition, fine and detention according to the Civil Procedure Law. If the court does not take measures, the other party can of course appeal to the court, but it is ultimately decided by the court, and you cannot reconsider or appeal the decision. In criminal proceedings, if a witness perjures himself, it will constitute perjury.

Legal basis: Article 111th of the Civil Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). If a litigant participant or other person commits one of the following acts, the people's court may impose a fine or detention according to the seriousness of the case; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law: (1) forging or destroying important evidence, which hinders the people's court from hearing the case; (2) using violence, threats or bribes to prevent witnesses from testifying or instigating, bribing or coercing others to commit perjury; (3) Hiding, transferring, selling off or destroying the property that has been sealed up or detained, or transferring the property that has been counted and ordered to be kept; (4) Insulting, slandering, framing, beating or retaliating against judicial personnel, participants in litigation, witnesses, translators, expert witnesses, inspectors and assisting executors; (5) Obstructing judicial personnel from performing their duties by violence, threat or other means; (6) Refusing to perform a legally effective judgment or ruling of the people's court. The people's court may impose a fine or detention on a unit that commits one of the acts listed in the preceding paragraph; If a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.

Article 44 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) * * * Defenders or anyone else shall not help criminal suspects or defendants to conceal, destroy or forge evidence or collude with others, nor shall they threaten or induce witnesses to commit perjury or engage in other acts that hinder judicial proceedings. Anyone who violates the provisions of the preceding paragraph shall be investigated for legal responsibility according to law. If a defender is suspected of committing a crime, it shall be handled by an investigation organ other than the investigation organ where the defender undertakes the case. If the defender is a lawyer, he shall promptly notify the law firm where he belongs or the lawyers association to which he belongs.