PART TWO
SPECIAL PART

CHAPTER TWELVE
CRIMINAL OFFENCES AGAINST PEACE, AGAINST HUMANITY, CRIMINAL OFFENCES OF TERRORISM, EXTREMISM AND WAR CRIMES

Title Two
War Crimes

Section 427
Plundering in the Area War

(1) Any person who, in the war operations area, in the battlefield, in the areas affected by military operations, or on the occupied territory,

a) takes possession of a thing belonging to another, misusing that person's distress,
b) wilfully destroys property belonging to another or takes possession of such property under the pretext of war necessity, or
c) robs the killed or wounded persons,

shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of four to ten years.

(2) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of seven to twelve years if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1 a) using violence, the threat of violence or other serious harm, or
b) against persons or things enjoying special protection under the law or international legal instruments.

(3) The same sentence as referred to in paragraph 2 shall be imposed on the offender if, through the commission of the offence referred to in paragraph 1, he causes

a) grievous bodily harm, or
b) substantial damage.

(4) The offender shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of ten to twenty years if, through the commission of the offence referred to in paragraph 1, he causes

a) death, or
b) large-scale damage.

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:
(xvi) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault