Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act (S.C. 2000, c. 24)

Marginal note:Obstructing justice

• 16 (1) Every person who wilfully attempts in any manner to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice of the International Criminal Court is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than 10 years.

• Marginal note:When deemed to have obstructed justice

  (2) Without restricting the generality of subsection (1), every person is deemed wilfully to attempt to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice who in an existing or proposed proceeding of the International Criminal Court

  • (a) dissuades or attempts to dissuade a person by threats, bribes or other corrupt means from giving evidence; or

  • (b) accepts, obtains, agrees to accept or attempts to obtain a bribe or other corrupt consideration to abstain from giving evidence.