Giving false testimony

Trinidad and Tobago

The International Criminal Court Act 2006

PART II

INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Offences Against Administration of Justice

19. Every person is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for seven years who, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, with intent to mislead the ICC, fabricates evidence by any means other than the giving of false evidence.

Rome Statute

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:

(a) Giving false testimony when under an obligation pursuant to article 69, paragraph 1, to tell the truth;