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

Offences against Administration of Justice

11. Bribery of Judge, etc.
(1) A person is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, corruptly gives or offers, or agrees to give, a bribe to any person with intent to influence a Judge or the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar in respect of an act or omission by that Judge, Registrar, or Deputy Registrar in his or her official capacity (other than an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies).

12. Corruption and bribery of official of ICC
(1) An official of the ICC is liable to imprisonment on conviction for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of an act –

(a)done or omitted by that officer in his or her official capacity; or

(c) to be done or omitted by that officer in his or her official capacity.

(2) A person is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere, corruptly gives or offers, or agrees to give, a bribe to any person with intent to influence an official of the ICC in respect of an act or omission by that officer in his or her official capacity.

(3)In this section and in section 16, an “official of the ICC” means a person employed under article 44 of the Statute.

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

Offences against Administration of Justice

16. Interference with witnesses or officials.
A person is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years who, in Uganda or elsewhere –

(b) makes threats or uses force against any Judge, the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, or any official of the ICC with intent to influence or punish that person, in respect of an act –

(i) done or omitted by that person or any Judge, the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, or any official of the ICC, in his or her official capacity; or

(ii) to be done or omitted by that person or any Judge, the Registrar, a Deputy Registrar, or any official of the ICC, in his or her official capacity; or

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