PART 5
OFFENCES UNDER DOMESTIC LAW

Introduction

Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
55.—(1) It is an offence against the law of the Territory for a person to commit genocide, a crime against humanity or a war crime.

(2) This section applies to acts committed—

(a) in the Territory, or
(b) outside the Territory by a United Kingdom national, a Territory resident or a person subject to Territory service jurisdiction.


Conduct ancillary to genocide, etc. committed outside jurisdiction
56.—(1) It is an offence against the law of the Territory for a person to engage in conduct ancillary to an act to which this section applies.

(2) This section applies to an act that if committed in the Territory would constitute—

(a) an offence under section 51 (genocide, crime against humanity or war crime), or
(b) an offence under this section,

but which, being committed (or intended to be committed) outside the Territory, does not constitute such an offence.

(3) The reference in subsection (1) to conduct ancillary to such an act is to conduct that would constitute an ancillary offence in relation to that act if the act were committed in the Territory.

(4) This section applies where the conduct in question consists of or includes an act committed—

(a) in the Territory, or
(b) outside the Territory by a United Kingdom national, a Territory resident or a person subject to Territory service jurisdiction.