'Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court' in document 'Kenya - International Crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Offences Against Administration of Justice

9. (2) A person who corruptly gives or offers to a judge or an official of the ICC any money, valuable consideration, office, place or employment—
(a) in respect of anything done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by him in his official capacity, or
(b) with intent to interfere in any other way with the administration of justice of the ICC,
is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not more than fourteen years.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Offences Against Administration of Justice

11. A person who resists or wilfully obstructs an official of the ICC in the execution of his duty, or any person lawfully acting in aid of such an official, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not more than two years.

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Offences Against Administration of Justice

16. Every person who, wrongfully and without lawful
authority—
(a) for the purpose of compelling another person to abstain from doing anything that the person has a lawful right to do; or
(b) to do anything that the person has a lawful right to abstain from doing, in relation to any proceedings of the ICC, causes the person reasonably, in all the circumstances, to fear for their safety or the safety of anyone known to the person is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not more than five 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:
(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