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Article 23.Criminalization of obstructionof justiceA. Negotiation textsRolling text (A/AC.254/4/Rev.4)Fourth session: 28 June-9 July 1999“[Article 17 bis“Bribery of witnesses and intimidation of witnesses and officials“Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessaryto establish as criminal offences the following conduct, when committed intentionally[and involving an organized criminal group]:“(a) The offering or giving to a person of an undue advantage in order to interferewith the giving of testimony or production of evidence in relation to the commissionof a serious crime;“(b) The use of physical force, threats or intimidation to interfere with the exerciseof official duties by a justice or security official or with the giving of testimonyor production of evidence in relation to the commission of a serious crime.]” 1Sixth session: 6-17 December 1999Notes by the Secretariat1. Delegations based their comments on the text of article 17 bis of the revised draftconvention contained in document A/AC.254/4/Rev.5, which was the same as that containedin document A/AC.254/4/Rev.4.1This text of article 17 bis was produced at the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee (see A/AC.254/L.40) as theresult of a consolidation of the text contained in documents A/AC.254/L.28 and A/AC.254/L.29, in connection with the discussionon article 4 ter, on measures against corruption (see note 3 by the Secretariat concerning article 8 of the convention).The text was not discussed in detail at the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee.213