Chapter IV Offenses That Obstruct the Administration of the ICC

(Acceptance of a Bribe, Acceptance of a Bribe Involving a Specific Favor, and Acceptance of a Bribe in Advance of Assumption of Office)
Article 58 (1) When a judge, the Prosecutor or any other official of the ICC (hereinafter referred to as an "ICC official") has accepted, solicited, or promised to accept a bribe in connection with his/her duties, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to five years. In this case, when he/she has accepted a request for a specific favor in doing so, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to seven years.

(2) When a person who wishes to become an ICC official has accepted, solicited, or promised to accept a bribe in connection with a duty he/she will assume, and has accepted a request for a specific favor in doing so, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to five years in the event that he/she becomes an ICC official.


(Passing of a Bribe to a Third Party)
Article 59 When an ICC official has caused a bribe to be conferred to a third party or has solicited or promised the conferral of such a bribe to a third party, and has accepted a request for a specific favor in connection with his/her duties in doing so, said official shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to five years.


(Aggravated Acceptance of a Bribe and Acceptance after Resignation from Office)
Article 60 (1) When an ICC official has committed any of the crimes set forth in the preceding two Articles and has acted unfairly or refrained from acting appropriately as a consequence, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for a definite term of not less than one year.

(2) The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall also apply when an ICC official has acted unfairly or refrained from acting appropriately in the course of his/her duties, and has accepted, solicited, or promised to accept a bribe, has caused a bribe to be conferred to a third party, or has solicited or promised to cause the conferral of a bribe to a third party in connection therewith.

(3) When a person who was formerly an ICC official accepted a request for a specific favor during his/her term of office to act unfairly or to refrain from acting appropriately in the course of his/her duties, in connection with which he/she accepted, solicited, or promised to accept a bribe, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to five years.


(Acceptance of a Bribe for Exertion of Influence)
Article 61 When an ICC official has accepted, solicited, or promised to accept a bribe as consideration for causing or for having caused another ICC official to act unfairly or to refrain from acting appropriately in the course of his/her duties, and has accepted a request for a specific favor in doing so, he/she shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to five years.


(Confiscation and Collection of Equivalent Value)
Article 62 A bribe accepted by an offender or by a knowing third party shall be confiscated. When the whole or a part of the bribe cannot be confiscated, an equivalent sum of money shall be collected.


(Offering of a Bribe)
Article 63 A person who confers, offers, or promises to confer any of the bribes prescribed in Articles 58 through 61 shall be punished by imprisonment with work for up to three years or a fine of up to 2,500,000 yen.

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