El Dorado
Other Christian
In the Criminal Code of Canada, such an offence is considered Public Mischief (S. 140) but the maximum penalty is only five years. Regardless, it's never enforced. I've known many who have committed it but none who have been charged, tried, or convicted.Making a false accusation of a crime should be a crime that carries the same sentence as the crime for which the falsely accused would have been liable.