PART VII
OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

Genocide
1 of 1972, s. 5
LN 46A of 1978

52. (1) Any person who with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group as such, commits any of the following acts:-
(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, is guilty of genocide and shall

(i) if the offence consists of the killing of any person, be sentenced to imprisonment for life;
(ii) in any other case, be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years and notwithstanding section 24(3) may not be sentenced to pay a fine instead of imprisonment.
(2) Proceedings for an offence of genocide shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Article 5
Crimes within the jurisdiction of the Court
1. The jurisdiction of the Court shall be limited to the most serious crimes of concern to the
international community as a whole. The Court has jurisdiction in accordance with this Statute
with respect to the following crimes:
(a) The crime of genocide

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.