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'Giving false testimony' in document 'Samoa: ICC Act'

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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

20. False evidence -

(1) Every 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 Samoa as evidence on oath, would constitute perjury, shall be deemed to have given false evidence.

(2) Every person, who in Samoa or elsewhere, gives false evidence shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.

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:
(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth