CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 11 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY

Division 1 — Corruption and the Abuse of Office

Sub-Division g — Other Offences Relating to the Aministration of Justice

Deceiving witnesses

188. A person commits a summary offence if he or she —

(a) practices any fraud or deceit ; or
(b) knowingly makes or exhibits any false statement, representation, token or writing—
to any person called or to be called as a witness in any judicial proceeding, with intent to affect the testimony of the person as a witness.

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 11 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY

Division 1 — Corruption and the Abuse of Office

Sub-Division g — Other Offences Relating to the Aministration of Justice

Destroying evidence

189. A person commits a summary offence if he or she, knowing that any book, document or thing of any kind is or may be required in evidence in a judicial proceeding—

(a) wilfully removes or destroys it ; or
(b) renders it illegible or indecipherable or incapable of identification—
with the intent to prevent it from being used in evidence.

CHAPTER III — CRIMINAL OFFENCES

PART 11 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF LAWFUL AUTHORITY

Division 1 — Corruption and the Abuse of Office

Sub-Division g — Other Offences Relating to the Aministration of Justice

Conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses

190. A person commits a summary offence if he or she —

(a) conspires with any other person to knowingly and maliciously accuse any person falsely of any crime ; or
(b) conspires to do anything to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice ; or
(c) in order to obstruct the due course of justice, dissuades, hinders or prevents any person lawfully bound to appear and give evidence as a witness from appearing and giving evidence, or endeavours to do so ; or
(d) obstructs or in any way interferes with or knowingly prevents the execution of any legal process (civil or criminal) ;
(e) in any way obstructs, prevents, perverts or defeats, or attempts 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