Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p218
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 218/268)
Character Range: 924549–927427

a person or imposes on a person a similar deprivation of liberty and also includes exercise a power arising from a debt incurred or contract made by a person.

268.11  Crime against humanity—deportation or forcible transfer of population
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator forcibly displaces one or more persons, by expulsion or other coercive acts, from an area in which the person or persons are lawfully present to another country or location; and
 (b) the forcible displacement is contrary to paragraph 4 of article 12 or article 13 of the Covenant; and
 (c) the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish the lawfulness of the presence of the person or persons in the area; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
 (3) In subsection (1):
forcibly displaces one or more persons includes displaces one or more persons:
 (a) by threat of force or coercion (such as that caused by fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological oppression or abuse of power) against the person or persons or against another person; or
 (b) by taking advantage of a coercive environment.

268.12  Crime against humanity—imprisonment or other severe deprivation of physical liberty
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator imprisons one or more persons or otherwise severely deprives one or more persons of physical liberty; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct violates article 9, 14 or 15 of the Covenant; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.
 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).

268.13  Crime against humanity—torture
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator inflicts severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon one or more persons who are in the custody or under the control of the perpetrator; and
 (b) the pain or suffering does not arise only from, and is not inherent in or incidental to, lawful sanctions; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.

268.14  Crime against humanity—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 of, or is reckless as to, the lack of consent; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of