715False accusation of offence

715 False accusation of offence (1) A person commits an offence if the person makes an accusation to a law enforcement officer that someone else has committed an offence— (a) knowing or believing that the other person did not commit the offence; and (b) intending that— (i) the other person will be charged with committing the (ii) law enforcement officers will be deflected from prosecuting the offender. (2) Subsection (1) (b) (i) does not apply to a law enforcement officer exercising his or her functions as a law enforcement officer if the officer— (a) does not know that the other person did not commit the offence; and (b) believes that there are reasonable grounds for charging the other person with the offence.

(3) A law enforcement officer commits an offence if the officer charges someone with an offence knowing that the person did not commit the