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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Chapter II
Crimes

Section II
War crimes

Article 15
War crimes against property

1. Anyone who, in the context of an international armed conflict or a non-international armed conflict:

(a) Appropriates, destroys or damages property on a large scale or of great value, in a manner not justified by military necessity or carried out unlawfully or wantonly;

shall be punished with a term of imprisonment of 5 to 15 years.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 8
War crimes
2. For the purpose of this Statute, "war crimes" means:
(a) Grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, namely, any of the following acts against persons or property protected under the provisions of the relevant Geneva Convention:
(iv) Extensive destruction and appropriation of property, not justified by military necessity and carried out unlawfully and wantonly