'Extensive appropriation of property - IAC' in document 'Georgia - Law amending Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:

8. Article413

a) Subparagraph ”a” of article 413 shall be drafted as follows:
"a) Looting, i.e. acquisition of property of the wounded of dead, as well as the acquisition of property of civilians which is left in the area of hostilities or robbery of settlement (populated area) or locality”

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly