Samoa

International Criminal Court Act 2007, No.26

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

18. Bribery of Judge etc. -

(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere, corruptly gives or offers, or agrees to give, a bribe to any person with intent to influence a Judge in respect of any act or omission 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 3 years.

(2) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere, corruptly gives or offers, or agrees to give, a bribe to any person with intent to influence a Judge or the Registrar or the Deputy Registrar, Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General, or the Prosecutor or Deputy Prosecutor or in respect of an act or omission 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 to a term not exceeding 3 years.

Keywords

Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court



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