'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 'Azerbaijan - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

ESPECIAL PART

SECTION XI
CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 293. Compulsion to evidence

293.1. Compulsion suspected, accused, suffering, witness to evidence at interrogation, and also expert to a summer residence of conclusion by application of threats, blackmail, humiliation of advantage or other illegal actions by prosecutors office, investigator or person making inquiry, or at their instigation -
is punished by imprisonment for the term up to three years.

293.2. The same act committed with application of torture -
is punished by imprisonment for the term from five up to ten years.

ESPECIAL PART

SECTION XI
CRIMES AGAINST STATE POWER

CHAPTER 32
CRIMES AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 299. Payoff money or compulsion to evasion from testifying, obviously false testimonies or conclusions or wrong translation

299.1. The payoff money of witness who has suffered with a view of giving by them of false testimonies or expert with a view of giving by him of the false conclusion or false testimonies, as well as translator with purpose of wrong translation -
is punished by the penalty at a rate from five hundred up to one thousand of nominal financial unit, or public works for the term from hundred eighty up to two hundred forty hours, or corrective works for the term up to two years, or imprisonment for the term a bout six months.

299.2. Compulsion of witness who has suffered from giving false testimonies, expert from giving false conclusion or translator to wrong translation, as well as compulsion of specified persons to evasion from evidence, connected with blackmail, threat murder, causing of harm to health, destruction or damage of property of these persons or their close relatives -
is punished by the penalty at a rate of from one up to three thousand of nominal financial unit or imprisonment for the term up to three years.

299.3. The acts provided by article 299.2 of the present Code, committed with application of violence not dangerous to life or health of specified persons -
is punished by imprisonment for the term from two up to five years.

299.4. The acts provided by articles 299.1 or 299.2 of the present Code, committed by organized group or with application of violence dangerous to life or health of specified persons -
is punished by imprisonment for the term from three up to seven years.

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