COOK ISLANDS - CRIMES ACT 1969

PART VI - CRIMES AFFECTING TEE ADMINISTRATION OF LAW AND JUSTICE

127. Conspiring to defeat justice - Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years who conspires to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice.

128 Corrupting juries and witnesses - Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years who-

(a) Dissuades or attempts to dissuade any person, by threats, bribes, or other corrupt means, from giving evidence in any cause or matter, civil or criminal; or

(b) Influences or attempts to influence, by threats or bribes or other corrupt means, any juryman or assessor in his conduct as such, juryman or assessor whether the juryman has been sworn as a juryman or assessor as the case may be, or not; or

(c) Accepts any bribe or other corrupt consideration to abstain from giving evidence, or on account of his conduct as a juryman or assessor; or

(d) Wilfully attempts in any other way to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course of justice.

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