Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES  

Division 268 - Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court  

Subdivision J - Crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court  

SECTION 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.




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