'Destroying or seizing the enemy's property unless imperative - IAC' in document 'Slovakia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

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.

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 433
Lawlessness in the Wartime

(1) Any person who commits an act that is deemed to be a war crime under Article 8 of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of twelve to twenty-five or to life imprisonment.

(2) The offender shall be liable to life imprisonment if he commits the offence referred to in paragraph 1,

a) and causes grievous bodily harm or death to several persons or other particularly serious consequence through its commission, or
b) in retaliation.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

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:
(xiii) Destroying or seizing the enemy's property unless such destruction or seizure be imperatively demanded by the necessities of war