'National penalties - genocide' in document 'Moldova - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter II
CRIME

Article 16. Classification of Crimes

(6) Exceptionally serious crimes are considered crimes committed with intent for which criminal law provides for life imprisonment.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter I
CRIMES AGAINST THE PEACE AND SECURITY OF HUMANITY, WAR CRIMES

Article 135. Genocide

Commission aimed at the destruction, in whole or in part, of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group of any of the following acts :
a) killing members of this group ;
b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group ;
c) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group ;
d) trafficking in children of the respective group ;
e) deliberate exposure of the group to living conditions leading to its physical destruction in whole or in part
shall be punished by imprisonment for 16 to 20 years or by life imprisonment.