'Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PRIVATE PART

SECTION TWELVE. CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Article 368. Destruction of Evidence
1. Destruction of evidence by a participant of justice administration,.- shall be punishable by fine or by restriction of freedom for up to two years in length, by deprivation of the right to occupy a position or pursue a particular activity for the term not in excess of three years.


PRIVATE PART

SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER XLII. CRIME AGAINST PROCEDURE FOR EVIDENCE COLLECTION

Article 372. Bribing or Compulsion of Witness, Plaintiff, Expert or Interpreter
1. Bribing or compulsion of the witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter into giving false evidence, false opinion or incorrect interpretation,-
shall be punishable by fine or by socially useful labour from one hundred and eighty to two hundred and forty hours in length or by corrective labour up to two years in length or by jail term up to three months or by imprisonment up to two years in length.
2. Compulsion, of the witness, plaintiff, expert or interpreter into giving false evidence, false opinion or intentionally incorrect interpretation or compulsion to suppress evidence, involving a threat to kill or use violence against such person or his/her close relative, or a threat to damage or destroy property thereof,-shall be punishable by fine or by jail term from three to six months or by imprisonment up to three years in length.
3. The action referred to in Paragraph 1 of this article, perpetrated under violence,-shall bear legal consequences of imprisonment ranging from three to seven years in length.

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:
(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence