South Africa

Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Act No. 27 of 2002)

Chapter 2
Jurisdiction of South African Courts and Institution od Prosecutions in South African Courts in Respect of Crimes (ss 4-5)

4 Jurisdiction of South African courts in respect of crimes

(1) Despite anything to the contrary in any other law of the Republic, any person who commits a crime, is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment, including imprisonment for life, or such imprisonment without the option of a fine, or both a fine and such imprisonment.

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Enforcement of national penalties - fines
Enforcement of national penalties - imprisonment
Sentencing - national proceedings



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