Kiribati

Penal Code

PART VIII
OFFENCES AGAINST THE LAW OF NATIONS

Genocide
62. (1) A person commits the felony of genocide if he commits any of the following acts with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such-

(a) killing members of the group;

(b) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;

(c) deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;

(d) imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;

(e) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

(2) A person guilty of the felony of genocide shall on conviction-

(a) if the offence consists of the killing of any person, be sentenced to imprisonment for life;

(b) in any other case, be liable to imprisonment without the option of a fine for 14 years (section 26 notwithstanding).

(3) Proceedings for an offence of genocide shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Attorney-General.

Keywords

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