'Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court' in document 'Georgia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PRIVATE PART

SECTION TWELVE CRIME AGAINST JUDICIAL AUTHORITY

CHAPTER XLI. CRIME AGAINST THE ACTIVITIES OF JUDICIAL BODIES

Article 365. Threatening or Violence with Respect to Administration of Legal Proceedings or Preliminary Investigation

1. Threatening to kill or to damage the health of, or destroy or damage the property of a member of the Constitutional Court, judge, jury or a close relative thereof with respect to the court hearing or court review of materials,- shall be punishable by the fine or by imprisonment for up to three years in length.
2. The same action committed against the prosecutor, investigator, inquirer, attorney, expert, bailiff, any other participant of justice administration or a close relative thereof, with respect to the inquiry, preliminary investigation, court hearing or review, or administration of the sentence or any other court decision,- shall be punishable by fine or by jail term from three to six months or by imprisonment for up to two years in length.
3. The action referred to in Paragraph 1 or 2 of this article perpetrated under violence which is not dangerous for life or health,-
shall be punishable by imprisonment for up to five years.
4. The action referred to in Paragraph 1 or 2 of this article perpetrated under violence which is dangerous for life or health,- shall bear legal consequences of imprisonment raging from five to ten 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:
(d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties