PART X
CORRUPTION AND THE ABUSE OF OFFICE

Officers charged with administration of property of a special character or with special duties

PART XI
PERJURY AND FALSE STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS

False statements on oath made otherwise than in a judicial proceeding

PART XI
PERJURY AND FALSE STATEMENTS AND DECLARATIONS

Fabricating evidence
110. Any person who, with intent to mislead any tribunal in any judicial proceeding
(a) fabricates evidence by any means other than perjury or subornation of perjury; or
(b) knowingly makes use of such fabricated evidence,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years.

PART XII
OTHER OFFENCES RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Deceiving witnesses
114. Any person who practises any fraud or deceit, or 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 such person as a witness, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.
Destroying evidence
115. Any person who, knowing that any book, document, or thing of any kind whatsoever is or may be required in evidence in a judicial proceeding, wilfully removes or destroys it or renders it illegible or undecipherable or incapable of identification, with intent thereby to prevent it from being used in evidence, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Conspiracy to defeat justice and interference with witnesses
116. Any person commits a misdemeanour who
(a) conspires with any other person to accuse any person falsely of any crime or to do anything to obstruct, prevent, pervert or defeat the course of justice; or
(b) 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 so appearing and giving evidence or endeavours to do so; or
(c) obstructs or in any way interferes with or knowingly prevents the execution of any legal process, civil or criminal.

Compounding felonies
117. Any person who asks, receives or obtains, or agrees or attempts to receive or obtain, any property or benefit of any kind for himself or any other person upon any agreement or understanding that he will compound or conceal a felony, or will abstain from, discontinue or delay a prosecution for a felony, or will withhold any evidence thereof, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Compounding penal actions
118. Any person who, having brought, or under pretence of bringing, an action against another person upon a penal Act order to obtain from him a penalty for any offence committed or alleged to have been committed by him, compounds the action without the order or consent of the court in which the action is brought or is to be brought, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Advertisement for stolen property
119. Any person who
(a) publicly offers a reward for the return of any property which has been stolen or lost, and in the offer makes use of any words purporting that no questions will be asked, or that the person producing such property will not be seized or molested; or
(b) prints or publishes any such offer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Corruptly taking a reward
120. Any person who corruptly takes any money or reward directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of helping any person to recover any property which has, under circumstances which amount to felony or misdemeanour, been stolen or obtained in any way whatsoever, or received, shall (unless he has used all due diligence to cause the offender to be brought to trial for the same) be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for seven years.

Offences relating to judicial proceedings 8 of 1965, Sched
121.- (1) Any person who
(a) within the premises in which any judicial proceeding is being had or taken, or within the precincts of the same, shows disrespect in speech or manner, to or with reference to such proceeding, or any person before whom such proceeding is being had or taken; or
(b) having been summoned to give evidence in a judicial proceeding, fails to attend; or
(c) being present at a judicial proceeding and being called upon to give evidence, refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation; or
(d) having been sworn or affirmed, refuses without lawful excuse to answer a question or to produce a document which it is within his power to produce; or

(e) having attended a judicial proceeding to give evidence, remains in the room in which such proceeding is being had or taken after the witnesses have been ordered to leave such room; or
(f) causes an obstruction or disturbance in the course of a judicial proceeding; or
(g) while a judicial proceeding is pending, makes use of any speech or writing misrepresenting such proceeding or capable of prejudicing any person in favour of or against any parties to such proceeding, or calculated to lower the authority of any person before whom such proceeding is being had or taken; or
(h) publishes a report of the evidence taken in any judicial proceeding which has been directed to be held in private; or
(i) attempts wrongfully to interfere with or influence a witness in a judicial proceeding, either before or after he has given evidence, in connection with such evidence; or
(j) dismisses a servant because he has given evidence on behalf of a certain party to a judicial proceeding; or
(k) wrongfully retakes possession of land from any person who has recently obtained possession by a writ of court; or
(l) commits any other act of intentional disrespect to any judicial proceeding, or to any person before whom such proceeding is being had or taken,
shall be guilty of an offence, and shall be liable to imprisonment for three months. 11 of 1986, s. 2
(2) When an offence against paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (l) of subsection (1) of this section is committed in view of the court, the court may cause the offender to be detained in custody, and at any time before the rising of the court on the same day may take cognisance of the offence and sentence the offender to a fine of one hundred dollars or in default of payment to imprisonment for one month.
(3) The provisions of this section shall be deemed to be in addition to and not in derogation from the power of the High Court to punish for contempt of court.

Bribe or attempt to bribe
11 of 1986, s. 3
122. Any person who in relation to any offence bribes or attempts to bribe or makes any promise to any other person with either of the following two intents
(a) to obstruct, defeat or pervert the course of justice in the court; or
(b) to dissuade any person from doing his duty in connection with the course of justice in the court,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

Injury, damage or threat
11 of 1986, s. 3
123. Every person who (whether in the court or elsewhere) injures, damages or threatens or attempts to injure or damage any person, a member of that person's family or property with the following intents
(a) to obstruct, defeat or pervert the course of justice in the court;
(b) to dissuade any person from doing his duty in connection with the course of justice in the court; or
(c) for having attended a judicial proceeding and given evidence in connection with the course of justice,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanour.

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;
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;
(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;
(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;
(e) Retaliating against an official of the Court on account of duties performed by that or another official;
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties.