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Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity
Title II
War Crimes
War-time Looting
Section 159
(1) The person who loots civilian goods in an operational or occupied territory, or causes grave detriment to the population by the enforcement of services or in another manner, - unless a graver crime is realized -, commits a felony, and shall be punishable with imprisonment from two years to eight years.
(2) The punishment shall be imprisonment from five years to ten years, if the crime is committed in an armed manner or in a group.
SPECIAL PART
Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity
Title II
War Crimes
Battlefield Looting
Section 161
The person who loots the fallen, injured or sick people on the battlefield, commits a felony and shall be punishable with imprisonment from two years to eight years.
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(b) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in international armed conflict, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(xvi) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault