SPECIAL PART

SECTION EIGHT
PROCEEDINGS IN THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

Chapter XLI
GENERAL CONDITIONS GOVERNING COURT HEARINGS

Article 310. Keeping order in court

310.6. The following steps may be taken by court decision against those who commit serious breaches of order during court hearings, after prior warning, with the exception of public prosecutors and defence counsel :

310.6.1. a fine equivalent to 50 times the minimum wage ;
310.6.2. detention for a period of 3 to 48 hours ;
310.6.3. expulsion from the courtroom for the whole or part of the court’s examination of the case.

310.7. A party to the proceedings who is permitted to return to the hearing by court decision shall have the right to become acquainted with the procedural measures that have taken place in his absence.

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:
(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth;
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;
(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;
(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;
(e) Retaliating against an official of the Court on account of duties performed by that or another official;
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties.