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The International Crimes Act, 2008
(a) The violation casts substantial doubt on the reliability of the
evidence; or
(b) The admission of the evidence would be antithetical to and would
seriously damage the integrity of the proceedings.
8. When deciding on the relevance or admissibility of evidence collected
by a State, the Court shall not rule on the application of the State’s
national law.
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;
(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;
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