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Part 2
SPECIAL PART
Chapter 8
OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Division 4
War Crimes
§ 108. Destruction or illegal appropriation of property in war zone or occupied territory
A person belonging to the armed forces or participating in acts of war who destroys or illegally appropriates property on a large scale in a war zone or an occupied territory, whereas such act is not required by military necessity and lacks the necessary elements of an offence provided for in § 95, 106 or 107 of this Code§ 95, 106 or 107 of this Code,
shall be punished by a pecuniary punishment or up to 5 years’ imprisonment.
Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly