'Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court' in document 'Trinidad&Tobago - ICC Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Offences Against Administration of Justice
15. (1) Every Judge is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for fourteen years who, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for himself or any other person in respect of an act—
(a) done or omitted by that Judge in his judicial capacity; or
(b) to be done or to be omitted by that Judge in his judicial capacity.
(2) Every Judge, the Registrar, and the Deputy Registrar is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for seven years if, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, that Judge, Registrar, or Deputy Registrar corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of an act—
(a) done or omitted by that Judge, Registrar or Deputy Registrar, in his official capacity other than an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies; or
(b) to be done or omitted by that Judge, Registrar, or Deputy Registrar, in his official capacity other than an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies.
(3) In this section and in sections 16 and 21—
“Deputy Registrar” means the Deputy Registrar of the ICC;
“Judge” means a Judge of the ICC; “Registrar” means the Registrar of the ICC.

PART II

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Offences Against Administration of Justice

17. (1) Every official of the ICC is liable to imprison¬ bribery of official of
Corruption and ICC
in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for himself or any other person in respect of an act—
(a) done or omitted by that officer in his official capacity; or
(b) to be done or omitted by that officer in his official capacity.

(3) In this section and in section 21, an official of the ICC means a person employed under article 44 of the Statute.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 70
Offences against the administration of justice
1. The Court shall have jurisdiction over the following offences against its administration of justice when committed intentionally:
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties