Article 248 Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE THIRTEEN. Falsity · CHAPTER V. Falsity in judicial statements and in reports given to an authority
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
The witness, expert or interpreter who spontaneously retracts his false statements given before any administrative authority or before the judicial one before a judgment (sentencia) is pronounced in the instance in which he gives them, shall only pay from 30 to 180 days fine, but if he fails to tell the truth when retracting his statements, the sanction that corresponds in accordance with what is provided in this chapter shall be applied to him, considering him as a repeat offender.