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 :

a) asphyxiating, poisonous and other gases and bacteriological methods of warfare as set forth in the protocol signed at Geneva on 17 June 1925 on the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or Other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, as promulgated by Law-Decree 20 of 1955,

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:
(xvii) Employing poison or poisoned weapons