Samoa

Crimes Act 2013

PART XI
CRIMES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

133. Judicial corruption-

(1) A judicial officer is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years who corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, any bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of any act done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by the judicial officer in his or her judicial capacity.

(2) A judicial officer, and every Registrar or Deputy Registrar of any court, is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven (7) years who corruptly accepts or obtains, or agrees or offers to accept or attempts to obtain, any bribe for himself or herself or any other person in respect of any act done or omitted, or to be done or omitted, by him or her in his official capacity, not being an act or omission to which subsection (1) applies.

Keywords

Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court



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