National penalties - offences against the administration of justice

Cambodia

Cambodia - Provisions relating to the Judiciary and Criminal Law and Procedure Applicable in Cambodia during the Transitional Period 1992 EN

TITLE V: MISDEMEANORS

Article 51: coercion of witnesses

Any person who threatens, intimidates, or places pressure upon a witness in a judicial proceeding is guilty of the misdemeanor of coercion and thereby incurs a punishment of one to two years in prison.

TITLE V: MISDEMEANORS

Article 52: false witness

Any person who, in a judicial proceeding, bears false witness, in recounting to the Court facts which he or she knows to be erroneous or false, and which are recognized as such by the Court, is guilty of false testimony and faces a punishment of one to two years in prison.

TITLE V: MISDEMEANORS

Article 54: intentional corruption

Any person who corrupts or attempts to corrupt any elected official, civil servant, military officer or representative of one of the four Cambodian parties in attendance at the Paris Peace Accords, in the execution of his or her duties, by promising property, service, money, staff, professional position, document, authorization or any benefit whatsoever in exchange for any one of these same benefits has committed the misdemeanor of intentional corruption and faces a punishment of one to three years in prison.

Rome Statute

Article 70 Offences against the administration of justice

3. In the event of conviction, the Court may impose a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years, or a fine in accordance with the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, or both.

Article 77 Applicable penalties

1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:

(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or

(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.

2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:

(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.