PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE


17. Corruption of Judge etc. -

(1) A Judge who, in Samoa or elsewhere, corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for themselves or any other person in respect of an act –
(a) done or omitted to be done by that Judge in the Judge’s judicial capacity; or
(b) to be done or to be omitted to be done by that Judge in the Judge’s judicial capacity, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 7 years.

(2) A Judge, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or the Prosecutor or Deputy Prosecutor who, in Samoa 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 to be done by that Judge, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or the Prosecutor or Deputy Prosecutor, in the person’s official capacity (other than an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies); or
(b) to be done or to be omitted to be done by that Judge, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or the Prosecutor or Deputy Prosecutor in the person’s official capacity (other than an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.

(3) In this section and in sections 18 and 23 –
“Deputy Registrar” means a Deputy Registrar of the ICC;
“Judge” means a Judge of the ICC;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the ICC
“Prosecutor” means the Prosecutor of the ICC; and
“Deputy Prosecutor” means a Deputy Prosecutor of the ICC.

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

19. Corruption and bribery of official of ICC -

(1) An official of the ICC who, in Samoa or elsewhere, corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, a bribe for themselves or any other person in respect of an act –
(a) done or omitted to be done by that officer in the person’s official capacity; or
(b) to be done or to be omitted to be done by that officer in the person’s official capacity, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction after trial on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years.

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:
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties