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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 428
Misuse of Internationally Recognised and National Symbols
(1) Any person who, in the wartime, misuses the designation of the Red Cross or other identification symbols or colours recognised by international law for designating medical facilities, vehicles, persons providing medical assistance or securing evacuation, shall be liable to a term of imprisonment of three to ten years.
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.
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:
(vii) Making improper use of a flag of truce, of the flag or of the military insignia and uniform of the enemy or of the United Nations, as well as of the distinctive emblems of the Geneva Conventions, resulting in death or serious personal injury