Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p235
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 235/268)
Character Range: 967932–970835

it causes death or serious damage to health in the ordinary course of events through its toxic properties; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.

268.56  War crime—employing prohibited gases, liquids, materials or devices
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator employs a gas or other analogous substance or device; and
 (b) the gas, substance or device is such that it causes death or serious damage to health in the ordinary course of events through its asphyxiating or toxic properties; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.

268.57  War crime—employing prohibited bullets
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator employs certain bullets; and
 (b) the bullets are such that their use violates the Hague Declaration because they expand or flatten easily in the human body; and
 (c) the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the nature of the bullets is such that their employment will uselessly aggravate suffering or the wounding effect; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

268.58  War crime—outrages upon personal dignity
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator severely humiliates, degrades or otherwise violates the dignity of one or more persons; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator severely humiliates, degrades or otherwise violates the dignity of the body or bodies of one or more dead persons; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

268.59  War crime—rape
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator sexually penetrates another person without the consent of that person; and
 (b) the perpetrator knows about, or is reckless as to, the lack of consent; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator causes another person to sexually penetrate the perpetrator without the consent of the other person; and
 (b) the perpetrator knows about, or is reckless as to, the lack of consent; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct