Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993:clause:1_2:p45
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2 (pt 45/48)
Character Range: 115190–117858

13.3(3).

 (3) In this section:

witness includes:
 (a) a person who attends at a proceeding before the International Criminal Court as a witness but is not called as a witness; or
 (b) an interpreter.

268.111  Reprisals against officials of the International Criminal Court

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person causes or threatens to cause any detriment to another person who is an official of the International Criminal Court:
 (a) because of anything done by the other person; and
 (b) in the belief that the other person was an official of that Court who had done that thing for the purposes of a proceeding before that Court.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

 (2) A person commits an offence if the person causes or threatens to cause any detriment to another person who is an official of the International Criminal Court:
 (a) because of anything done by a third person who is an official of that Court; and
 (b) in the belief that the third person was an official of that Court who had done that thing for the purposes of a proceeding before that Court.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

268.112  Perverting the course of justice

 (1) A person commits an offence if the person, by his or her conduct, intentionally perverts the course of justice in respect of the International Criminal Court.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years.

 (2) This section does not apply to conduct that constitutes the publication of any matter.

 (3) In this section:

perverts includes obstructs, prevents or defeats.

268.113  Receipt of a corrupting benefit by an official of the International Criminal Court

 (1) A person who is an official of the International Criminal Court commits an offence if:
 (a) the person:
 (i) asks for a benefit for himself, herself or another person; or
 (ii) receives or obtains a benefit for himself, herself or another person; or
 (iii) agrees to receive or obtain a benefit for himself, herself or another person; and
 (b) the person does so with the intention that the exercise of the person's duties as an official of the International Criminal Court will be influenced.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), it is immaterial whether the benefit is in the nature of a reward.

268.114  Subdivision not to apply to certain conduct

 (1) This Subdivision does not apply to a person in respect of:
 (a) conduct that results in a failure or refusal to issue a certificate under section 22 or 29 of the International Criminal Court Act 2002; or
 (b) a failure or refusal to issue such a certificate; or
 (c) conduct engaged in reliance on the absence of such a certificate.

 (2) In