Australia

War Crimes Amendment Act 1988

An Act to amend the War Crimes Act 1945

5. Sections 3 to 14, inclusive, of the Principal Act are repealed and the following section and Parts are substituted:

"PART III-WAR CRIMES
War crime to be indictable offence

"9. (1) A person who:

(a) on or after 1 September 1939 and on or before 8 May 1945 ; and

(b) whether as an individual or as a member of an organisation; committed a war crime is guilty of an indictable offence against this Act."

Keywords

Individual criminal responsibility
Jurisdiction ratione temporis



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