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Genocide Act 1969

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited in Amendments 30 Related
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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
(1) A person commits an offence of genocide if he commits any act falling within the definition of “genocide” in Article II of the Genocide Convention as set out in the Schedule to this Act.if the offence consists of the killing of any person, be sentenced to imprisonment for life;in any other case, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.(3) Proceedings for an offence of genocide shall not be instituted in England or Wales except by or with the consent of the Attorney General and shall not be instituted in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Attorney General for Northern Ireland.(4) In Schedule 1 to the Criminal law Act 1967 the following paragraph shall be added at the end of List B (offences outside the jurisdiction of quarter sessions) :— “ 20. Offences of genocide and any attenpt, conspiracy or incitement to commit such an offence ”.(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in subsection (3) , the following paragraph (before paragraph (b) ) :— “ (ab) if the corresponding civil offence is an offence of genocide consisting of the killing of any person, be liable to imprisonment for life; ”in subsection (4) , after the words “or rape” the words “or an offence of genocide”; andin subsection (5) , after the words “or manslaughter” the words “or an offence of genocide consisting of the killing of any person”.in section 42(1) (b) (punishment of murder) after the words “offence of murder” there shall be inserted the words “or of genocide consisting of the killing of any person”; andin section 48(2) (exclusion of jurisdiction of courts-martial) after the words “or rape” there shall be inserted the words “or genocide” and after the words “or manslaughter” there shall be inserted the words “or an offence of genocide consisting of the killing of any person”.(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) For the purposes of . . .

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