'National penalties - genocide' in document 'Korea - ICC crimes Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter 2 Punishment of Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court

Article 8 (Genocide)

Any person who kills a member of a national, ethnical, racial or religious group with the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, shall be punished by capital punishment, imprisonment for life or no less than 7 years. For the purpose of paragraph (1), any person who commits any of the following acts shall be subject to imprisonment for life or no less than 5 years.

Chapter 2 Punishment of Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court

Article 8 (Genocide)

1. The act of causing serious physical or mental harm to a member or members of the group.
2. The act of inflicting on the group conditions of life deliberately calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.

Any person who instigates offences in paragraph (1) and (2) shall be subject to imprisonment for no less than 5 years.

Any person who attempts a crime in paragraph (1) and (2) shall be punished