'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 'Lithuania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XXXIV
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 233. Influence on a Witness, Victim, Expert, Specialist or Translator

1. A person who, in any manner, seeks to influence a witness, victim, expert, specialist or translator so that they would give false testimony, present false conclusions, clarifications or incorrect translations during a pre-trial investigation or in court or before the International Criminal Court or at another international judicial institution or hinders their arrival when summoned to a pre-trial investigation officer, a prosecutor, the court or the International Criminal Court or another international judicial institution
shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.

2. A person who, in any manner, seeks to influence a witness, expert, specialist or translator so that they would give false testimony, present false conclusions, clarifications or incorrect translations during impeachment proceedings to a special investigation commission formed by the Seimas or to the Seimas or hinders their arrival when summoned to the special investigation commission formed by the Seimas or to the Seimas
shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.

3. A person who commits the acts indicated in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article by using violence or another coercion
shall be punished by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to four years.

4. A legal entity shall also be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.

SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER XXXIV
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANOURS AGAINST JUSTICE

Article 237. Concealment of a Crime or the Perpetrator

1. A person who, without prior arrangement, conceals, destroys or obliterates the evidence, tools or means of a serious or grave crime committed by another person, the items obtained by criminal means, other articles which are connected with the concealed crime and which have evidential value or conceals the perpetrator
shall be punished by community service or by a fine or by restriction of liberty or by arrest or by imprisonment for a term of up to two year.

2. The close relatives and family members of the perpetrator shall not be held liable for the acts provided for in this Article.

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