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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS

24. Different kinds of punishment

The following punishments may be inflicted by a court :

(a) death ;

PART I-GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER VI
PUNISHMENTS

25. Sentence of death

(1) When any person is sentenced to death, the sentence shall direct that he shall be hanged by the neck until he is dead.

(2) Sentence of death shall not be pronounced on or recorded against a person convicted of an offence if it appears to the court that, at the time when the offence was committed, he was under the age of eighteen years ; but in lieu thereof the court shall sentence him to be detained during the President’s pleasure ; and when so sentenced he shall be liable to be detained in such place
and under such conditions as the President may direct.