'Improper use of the emblems of the Geneva Conventions - IAC' in document 'South Africa - Geneva Conventions Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 5
USE AND PROTECTION OF EMBLEMS

Offences and penalties

15. (1) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with section 14 is guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both a fine and such imprisonment.

(2) (a) When an offence contemplated in subsection (1) has been committed for which 5 any corporate body is or was liable to prosecution, any person who was, at the time of
the commission of the offence, a director or member of the management of the corporate body and who knew of or could have prevented the commission of the offence, is guilty of the said offence, either jointly with the corporate body or apart therefrom, and on conviction liable to the punishment provided for in that subsection.
(b) Section 332 of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977), with the exception of subsections (2)(c), (5), (7), (8) and (9) thereof, applies with the changes required by the context in respect of any prosecution of a corporate body or director or member of the management thereof for an offence contemplated in this section.

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:
(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