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CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND OTHER VALUES GUARANTEED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW
Use of Forbidden Combat Device
Article 432
(1) Anyone who in state of war or armed conflict orders the use of combat device or combat method prohibited under the rules of international law or who uses them himself shall be punished by a prison term from two to ten years.
(2) Where the offences under para. 1 above result in the death of several persons, the perpetrator shall be punished by a prison term not shorter than five years or by a forty year prison term.
(3) Anyone who calls for or prepares the use of combat devices or fighting methods referred to in para. 1 above shall be punished by a prison term from six months to five 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:
(xviii) Employing asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and all analogous liquids, materials or devices