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GENERAL PART
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMAITY AND OTHER RIGHT GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW
War Crimes against Civilian Population
Article 372
(1) Whoever in violation of international law at time of war armed conflict or occupation orders an attack on civilian population, settlement, particular civilians, persons incapacitated for combat or members or facilities of humanitarian organisations or peace mission ; wanton attack without target selection harming civilian population or civilian buildings under special protection of international law ; attack against military targets knowing that such attack would cause collateral damage among civilians or damage to civilian buildings that is obviously disproportionate with the military effect ; ordering against civilian population inflicting of bodily injury, torture, inhumane treatment, biological, medical or other research experiments, or taking of tissue or organs for transplantation or performing other acts causing harm to health or inflicting great suffering or who orders deportation or relocation or forced change of nationality or religion ; forcing to prostitution or rape; applying intimidation and terror measures, taking of hostages, collective punishment, unlawful depriving of freedom and detention ; depriving of the rights to a fair and impartial trial ; proclaiming the rights and acts of enemy nationals prohibited, suspended or non-allowed in court proceedings ; compelling into service of a hostile power or its intelligence or administration services; compelling to military service persons under seventeen years of age ; forced labour ; starving of population; unlawful seizure, appropriation or destruction of property not justified by military necessity ; taking unlawful and disproportionate contributions and requisitions; devaluing of local currency or unlawful issuing of currency, or whoever commits any of the above offences,
shall be punished by imprisonment of minimum five years.
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMAITY AND OTHER RIGHT GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW
War Crimes Against the Wounded and Sick
Article 373
(1) Whoever in violation of international law at time of war, armed conflict or occupation orders inflicting bodily injuries, torture, inhuman treatment, biological, medical or other research experiment, taking of tissue or body organs for transplantation or other acts causing harm to health or serious suffering against the wounded, sick, shipwrecked or medical staff or religious staff, or orders destroying or appropriation of large extent of materials, medical transportation means and stocks of medical institutions or units that is not justified by military necessity or whoever commits any of the above offences,
shall be punished by imprisonment of minimum five years.
(2) Whoever at time of war, armed conflict or occupation orders murder of civilian population or whoever commits such offences,
shall be punished by imprisonment of minimum ten years or imprisonment of thirty to forty years.
GENERAL PART
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMAITY AND OTHER RIGHT GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW
Cruel Treatment of the Wounded, Sick and Prisoners of War
Article 381
Whoever in violation of international law cruelly treats the wounded, sick or prisoners of war or prevents or obstructs exercising of their rights guaranteed by such rules, or whoever orders such acts committed,
shall be punished by imprisonment of six months to five years.
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(c) In the case of an armed conflict not of an international character, serious violations of article 3 common to the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts committed against persons taking no active part in the hostilities, including members of armed forces who have laid down their arms and those placed hors de combat by sickness, wounds, detention or any other cause:
(ii) Committing outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment