South Africa

Implementation of the Geneva Conventions Act, 2012

CHAPTER 2
BREACHES OF CONVENTIONS

Breach of Conventions and penalties

5. (5) A person convicted of an offence contemplated in subsection (1), (3) or (4) is liable to a fine or to imprisonment, including imprisonment for life, or to such imprisonment without the option of a fine or to both a fine and such imprisonment.

Keywords

National penalties - war crimes
National penalties - life imprisonment



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