'Unique provision - war crimes' in document 'Poland - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XVI. Offences against peace, and humanity, and war crimes

Article 124. Whoever, in violation of international law, forces the persons specified under Article 123 § 1 to serve in enemy armed forces, resettles them, uses corporal punishment, deprives them of liberty or of the right to independent and impartial judicial proceedings, or restricts their right to defence in criminal proceedings,
shall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a minimum term of 3 years.

SPECIAL PART

Chapter XVI. Offences against peace, and humanity, and war crimes

Article 125. § 1. Whoever, in an area occupied, taken over or under warfare, in violation of international law, destroys, damages or removes items of cultural heritage
shall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a term of between 1 and 10 years.

§ 2. If the act pertains to an item of particular importance to cultural heritage, the perpetrator
shall be subject to the penalty of the deprivation of liberty for a minimum term of 3 years.