SPECIAL PART

XIX C H A P T E R N I N E T E E N
CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF CORRUPTION AND CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST OFFICIAL DUTY OR
OTHER RESPONSIBLE DUTY

Accepting Gifts and Other Forms of Benefits
Article 217

(1) An official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, who demands or accepts a gift or any other benefit or who accepts a promise of a gift or a benefit in order to perform within the scope of his official powers an act, which ought not to be performed by him, or for the omission of an act, which ought to be performed by him,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between one and ten years.
(2) An official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, who demands or accepts a gift or any other benefit or who accepts a promise of a gift or a benefit in order to perform within the scope of his official powers an act, which ought to be performed by him, or for the omission of an act, which ought not to be performed by him,
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term between six months and five years.
(3) The punishment referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be imposed on an official or responsible person in the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina including also a foreign official person or an international official, who demands or accepts a gift or any other benefit following the performance or omission of an official act referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and in relation to it.
(4) The gifts or any other benefits shall be forfeited.

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