Giving false evidence: criminalises knowingly or recklessly making false statements under oath or statutory declaration. Giving false evidence defines the offence where a person legally bound by oath or by law to state the truth or make a declaration makes a statement which he knows or believes to be false or does not believe to be true; statements made verbally or otherwise are covered, and false statements of belief or knowledge and false certified interpretations or translations given under oath fall within the provision.