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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

An Act to amend the War Crimes Act 1945

5. Sections 3 to 14, inclusive, of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section and Parts are substituted:

"PART III-WAR CRIMES
War crime to be indictable offence

"9. (1) A person who:

(a) on or after 1 September 1939 and on or before 8 May 1945 ; and

(b) whether as an individual or as a member of an organisation; committed a war crime is guilty of an indictable offence against this Act."

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 11
Jurisdiction ratione temporis
1. The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute.
2. If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force, the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State, unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.