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SPECIAL PART
Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity
Title II
War Crimes
Use of Weapons Prohibited by International Treaty
Section 160/A
(1) Any person who uses or orders the use of a weapon or instrument of war prohibited by international treaty in a theater of military operation or in an occupied territory against the enemy, civilians or prisoners of war commits a felony offense and shall be punishable with imprisonment between ten to fifteen years or life imprisonment.
(2) Any person who makes preparations for the use of a weapon prohibited by international treaty commits a felony offense and shall be punishable with imprisonment of up to five years.
SPECIAL PART
Chapter XI
Crimes Against Humanity
Title II
War Crimes
Use of Weapons Prohibited by International Treaty
Section 160/A
(3) For the purposes of Subsections (1)-(2) the following shall be construed as weapons prohibited by international treaty :
Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons which may be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects, as promulgated by Law-Decree 2 of 1984 :
1. weapons causing injury by fragments which cannot be detected by X-ray, as specified in Protocol I,
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:
(xix) Employing bullets which expand or flatten easily in the human body, such as bullets with a hard envelope which does not entirely cover the core or is pierced with incisions