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4.
Definitions
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
"genocide" « génocide »
"genocide" means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that, at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

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6.
Definitions
(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.
"genocide" « génocide »
"genocide" means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

OFFENCES WITHIN CANADA

4. Definitions

(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

"genocide" « génocide »

"genocide" means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that, at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

OFFENCES OUTSIDE CANADA


6. Definitions

(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

"genocide" « génocide »

"genocide" means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act 2000

(3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

«génocide»

“genocide” means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that, at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act 2000

6 (3) The definitions in this subsection apply in this section.

• “genocide”

«génocide»

“genocide” means an act or omission committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in
part, an identifiable group of persons, as such, that at the time and in the place of
its commission, constitutes genocide according to customary international law or
conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the
general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it
constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its
commission.

Article 6
Genocide
For the purpose of this Statute, "genocide" means any of the following acts committed with
intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its
physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

This provision follows the ICC Statute.