Part II – International Crimes and Offences Against The Administration of Justice

Offences against Administration of Justice

13. False evidence.
(1) A person who gives evidence for the purposes of a proceeding before the ICC or in connection with a request made by the ICC that contains an assertion that, if made in a judicial proceeding in Uganda as evidence on oath, would be perjury, gives false evidence.

(2) A person is liable, on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, gives false evidence.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the false evidence is given in order to obtain the conviction of a person for an offence for which the maximum punishment is not less than 3 years’ imprisonment, the punishment may be imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years.

14. Fabricating evidence before ICC.
A person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, with intent to mislead the ICC, fabricates evidence by any means other than the giving of false evidence.

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