'Command responsibility - national proceedings' 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 Three
Common Provisions

Section 435

(3) A military commander shall be held criminally responsible for crimes referred to in this Chapter even if they were committed by armed forces under his effective command and control, as a result of his failure to exercise control properly over such forces, if he,

a) owing to the circumstances at the time, should have known that forces were committing or about to commit such crimes, and
b) failed to take all necessary and reasonable measures within his power to prevent or repress their commission, or to submit the matter to the competent authorities for investigation and prosecution.