New Zealand

International Crimes and International Criminal Court Act 2000

PART 2 - INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction to try international crimes

8.
Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes—

(1) Proceedings may be brought for an offence—

(a)against section 9 or section 10, if the act constituting the offence charged is alleged to have occurred—

(i)on or after the commencement of this section; or

(ii)on or after the applicable date but before the commencement of this section; and would have been an offence under the law of New Zealand in force at the time the act occurred, had it occurred in New Zealand; and

(b)against section 11, if the act constituting the offence charged is alleged to have occurred on or after the commencement of this section; and

Keywords

Jurisdiction ratione temporis
Non-retroactivity
Nullum crimen sine lege



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