'Command responsibility - national proceedings' in document 'UK - ICC Scotland Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART 1
OFFENCES

5 Responsibility of military commanders and other superiors

(2) A military commander, or a person effectively acting as a military commander, shall be responsible for offences committed by forces under his effective command and control, or (as the case may be) his effective authority and control, as a result of his failure to exercise control properly over such forces where —

(a) he either knew or, owing to the circumstances at the time, should have known that the forces were committing or about to commit such offences ; and
(b) he failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures within his power to prevent or repress their commission or to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution.

PART 1
OFFENCES

5 Responsibility of military commanders and other superiors

(5) Nothing in this section shall be read as restricting or excluding —
any liability of a commander or other superior apart from this section ; or
the liability of any person other than a commander or other superior.