'Passive personality jurisdiction' in document 'Belgium: Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law '

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER III AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT OF 17 APRIL 1878 CONTAINING THE PRELIMINARY TITLE OF THE CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
Article 16
The following amendments shall be made to article 10 of the same preliminary Title, which was amended by the Acts of 12 and 19 July 1932, 2 April 1948, 12 July 1984 and 13 March 2002:
(2) a new point (1) bis shall be inserted between (1) and (2) and shall read as follows:
“(1) bis. a serious violation of international humanitarian law as defined in Book II, Title I bis of the Criminal Code, committed against a person who, at the time of commission, was a Belgian national or a person whose actual, habitual and legal place of residence had been in Belgium for a period of at least three years.