XII. chapter. Violation of authority.
Article 109
[Anyone who gives, promises or invites a public servant, [Member of Parliament or arbitrator] 1) a gift or other benefit which he does not claim, for the benefit of himself or others, to persuade him to do something or to do something unrelated to his public duties shall be subject to imprisonment for up to [5 years] 2)or fines if redress is available.
[The same punishment shall be imposed on a foreign official, a foreign judge, a foreign arbitrator, a person sitting in a foreign parliament holding an administration, an employee of an international organization, a person sitting in a parliament of such an institution or in a public legislature abroad. a State, a judge sitting on an international tribunal or an employee of such a tribunal, in order to persuade him or her to do something or not to do something related to his or her public duties.]
The same punishment shall also be imposed on a person who directs such a thing at a person who claims or provides certainty that he can have an abnormal influence on the decision-making of a person discussed in the first and second paragraphs. of this Article, in order to persuade him to apply that effect.
Furthermore, the person who makes such a claim or assures that he or she may have an abnormal influence on a person's decision - making, referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, shall be subject to the same punishment. of this Article, and demands, accepts or promises to himself or other gifts or other benefits to which he does not claim, regardless of whether the effect is exerted or whether it leads to the objective pursued.]
XIV. chapter. Offenses in public office.
Article 128
If a public official, [Member of Parliament or arbitrator] 1) demands, accepts or promises to himself or other gifts or other benefits to which he has no claim in connection with the performance of his duties, he shall be subject… 2)imprisonment for up to 6 years, or fines, if there is redress.
[The same punishment shall apply to a foreign official, a foreign judge, a foreign arbitrator, a person sitting in a foreign parliament holding an administration, an employee of an international organization, a person sitting in the parliament of such an organization or a public legislature in a foreign state, a judge holding a member of an international tribunal or an employee of such tribunal who seeks, accepts or promises to himself or other gifts or other benefits to which he or she is not entitled in connection with the performance of his or her duties.]
XIV. chapter. Offenses in public office.
Article 130
If the holder of judicial or other official jurisdiction over a legal change is guilty of wrongdoing in the resolution of a case or its handling in order for the result to be unfair, he shall be imprisoned for up to 6 years.
If the act was or was intended to result in a loss of welfare for any person, the punishment shall be imprisonment for not less than 2 years and up to 16 years.
Article 131
If a judge or other public official who is to maintain the criminal jurisdiction of the State uses an illegal method to bring a person to confession or stories, commits an illegal arrest, imprisonment or [search] 1) or illegally seizes documents or other property, it is subject to fines… 2) or imprisonment for up to 3 years.
XV. chapter. Wrong pronunciation and false accusations.
Article 142
[Anyone who misrepresents something to a court or government authority authorized to take a vow shall be subject to imprisonment for up to 4 years. If a report has been pledged, it shall respect the penalty for aggravation.
If the report is incorrect in matters that do not concern the issues under investigation, fines or [imprisonment for up to 1 year] may be imposed.]
XV. chapter. Wrong pronunciation and false accusations.
Article 148
Anyone who by false accusation, misrepresentation, misrepresentation or evasion of evidence, falsification of evidence or otherwise seeks to cause an innocent person to be accused or convicted of a criminal offense shall be subject to… 1)imprisonment for up to 10 years. In determining the punishment, account shall be taken of the severity of the punishment for the offense which is said or indicated that the person in question has committed. … 2)If an offense has been or is intended to result in a loss of welfare for any person, imprisonment shall be punishable by not less than 2 years and up to 16 years.
It may be decided in a court of law, at the request of the person who has suffered the injustice, that the conclusion of the judgment and that of its grounds, which the court deems appropriate, shall be published for public participation in one or more official newspapers or publications.
XVII. chapter. Forgery and other offenses relating to visible evidence.
Article 162
Anyone who falsifies evidence or presents false evidence in order to influence the outcome of a court case shall be liable to imprisonment for up to 2 years. [If there is redress and the violation does not involve a heavier penalty by law, fines or imprisonment for up to 1 year may be imposed.]
Anyone who destroys or forfeits the rights of others, destroys evidence, escapes it or makes it unusable in whole or in part, shall be imprisoned for up to 2 years…
If a person has committed the act referred to in the first or second paragraph. may, on evidence, which may have been involved in matters relating to his guilt in a [criminal case], 2) and then that work is unpunished.
Part 2. Investigations.
Section VIII. Questioning as part of the investigation.
Article 65
If a witness, including the injured party, is questioned under Article 61, he or she shall be obliged to answer questions and to give a true and accurate account of the facts; failure to do so shall entail criminal liability (cf., however, the second paragraph). The person who is conducting the questioning shall be obliged to impress this duty upon the witness.
A witness may refuse or, as appropriate, may not be permitted, to answer individual questions if the circumstances described in Articles 117-119 obtain. The witness’s attention shall be drawn to these exemptions from the duty to bear witness if there is reason to do so.
A witness may request that his or her name, ID number and address, and other information that may indicate his or her identity, is not to appear in a police report if he or she believes that it would jeopardize his or her own life, health or freedom, or those of his or her next-of-kin (cf. the first or second paragraphs of Article 117) if it were made known. In such a case, this information shall be preserved in such a way as to ensure that other persons apart from the director of the investigation and the prosecutor, and the judge, if the information is subsequently presented in court, shall not have access to it. The witness’s attention shall be drawn to this right if there is reason to do so.
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;
(b) Presenting evidence that the party knows is false or forged;
(c) Corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, retaliating against a witness for giving testimony or destroying, tampering with or interfering with the collection of evidence;
(d) Impeding, intimidating or corruptly influencing an official of the Court for the purpose of forcing or persuading the official not to perform, or to perform improperly, his or her duties;
(e) Retaliating against an official of the Court on account of duties performed by that or another official;
(f) Soliciting or accepting a bribe as an official of the Court in connection with his or her official duties.
2. The principles and procedures governing the Court's exercise of jurisdiction over offences under this article shall be those provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The conditions for providing international cooperation to the Court with respect to its proceedings under this article shall be governed by the domestic laws of the requested State.
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.
4.
(a) Each State Party shall extend its criminal laws penalizing offences against the integrity of its own investigative or judicial process to offences against the administration of justice referred to in this article, committed on its territory, or by one of its nationals;
(b) Upon request by the Court, whenever it deems it proper, the State Party shall submit the case to its competent authorities for the purpose of prosecution. Those authorities shall treat such cases with diligence and devote sufficient resources to enable them to be conducted effectively.