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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1] [2]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART V. – OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON AND RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND PARENTAL RIGHTS AND DUTIES, AND AGAINST THE REPUTATION OF INDIVIDUALS.

Division 3. – Homicide: Suicide: Concealment of Birth

313A. GENOCIDE.

A person who–

(a) commits genocide ; or
(b) conspires to commit genocide ; or
(c) incites a person to commit genocide ; or
(d) attempts to commit genocide ; or
(e) takes part in the commission of genocide, is guilty of a crime.

Penalty : Subject to Section 19, imprisonment for life.

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART VII. – PREPARATION TO COMMIT OFFENCES: CONSPIRACY: ACCESSORIES AFTER THE FACT.

Division 1. – Attempts and Preparation to Commit Offences.

510. PUNISHMENT OF ATTEMPTS TO COMMIT CRIMES.

(1) A person who attempts to commit a crime of such a kind that a person convicted of it is liable to the punishment of death or for imprisonment for life or for a term of 14 years or more, with or without any other punishment, is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to imprisonment for seven years.

(2) A person who attempts to commit a crime of any other kind, is liable, if no other punishment is provided, to a punishment equal to one-half of the greatest punishment to which an offender convicted of the crime that he attempted to commit is liable.