'Ordering' in document 'Antigua and Barbuda - The Genocide Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

5. Extradition Proceedings.

For the purpose of the Extradition Act, all powers vested in and acts authorized or required to be done by any person thereunder in relation to the surrender of fugitive criminals under the Extradition Acts. 1870 and 1873 of the United Kingdom and any Acts amending or substituted for those Acts, hereinafter called "the United Kingdom Acts", shall and may be done in relation to any offence of genocide, any attempt or conspiracy to commit such offence and any direct or excitement to commit such an offence and for the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act in so far as it relates to the United Kingdom Acts and such United Kingdom Acts shall be deemed in relation to any proceedings within Antigua and Barbuda to include the offence of genocide and any attempt of conspiracy to commit such an offence and any direct and public excitement to commit such an offence as if such offences were stated as extraditable offences in the United Kingdom Acts.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 25
Individual criminal responsibility
3. In accordance with this Statute, a person shall be criminally responsible and liable for punishment for a crime within the jurisdiction of the Court if that person:
(b) Orders, solicits or induces the commission of such a crime which in fact occurs or is attempted