PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

5. Genocide -

(1) Every person who, in Samoa or elsewhere –
(a) commits genocide; or
(b) conspires or agrees with any person to commit genocide, whether that genocide is to be committed in Samoa or elsewhere, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction to the penalty specified in subsection (3).

(2) For the purposes of this section, “genocide” is an act specified in article 6 of the Statute and includes any other act which, 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 it being criminal according to the general principles of law recognised 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.

(3) Any person who is convicted of an offence under subsection (1) shall be punishable to life imprisonment.