V. I.

Lenin

Re Draft Decree “On Penalties for False Denunciations” [3]

I propose an addendum raising the penalty α) to not less than so many years β) for deliberately false evidence or a reply in writing
(or evasion of a question under certain conditions) after the pattern of

Meineid [1] in Germany, but without the

Eid. [2]

Lenin

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Notes:
[1]

— perjury.— Ed .

[2]

— oath.— Ed .

[3]
This document was written in connection with the drafting of a decree
of the Council of People’s Commissars “On Penalties for False
Denunciations”. The decree was signed by Lenin on November 24, and
published in Izvestta on December 1, 1921. Lenin’s addenda were
included in the text of this decree (see Collection of Statutes and Decrees
of the Workers’ and Peasants’ Government”, 1921, No, 77, p. 787).