'Universal jurisdiction' in document 'Trinidad and Tobago - Geneva Conventions Act'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS UNDER THE CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOL I

3. Punishment of grave breaches of the Conventions and Protocol I

3. (1) A person, whatever his nationality, who, in Trinidad and Tobago or elsewhere, commits or aids, abets or procures any other person to commit a grave breach of any of the Conventions or of Protocol I, commits an indictable offence and is liable on conviction to the penalty specified in subsection (2).

PART II
PUNISHMENT OF OFFENDERS UNDER THE CONVENTIONS AND PROTOCOL I

3. Punishment of grave breaches of the Conventions and Protocol I

3. (4) In the case of an offence under this section committed outside Trinidad and Tobago, a person may be proceeded against, indicted, tried and punished in any place in Trinidad and Tobago as if the offence had been committed in Trinidad and Tobago.