'National penalties - war crimes' 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. (2) The penalty for an offence under subsection (1) is—

(a) where the offence involves the wilful killing of a person protected by the relevant Convention or by Protocol I, the penalty for murder; and

(b) in any other case, imprisonment for life.