Refusing to answer questions concerning knowledge of a criminal offence or its perpetrator, constitutes criminal contravention and is punishable by a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.
When the refusal to testify is made for purposes of profit or any other interest given or promised, it is punishable by imprisonment from one up to four years.
The provisions of this article are not applicable if the act was committed at any stage of the criminal proceedings by a suspect or defendant for the criminal act or by a person that should have been exempted by the obligation to give information or testimony for any legal ground, or by a person that was not warned for the right not to testify or to answer questions.
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