Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p254
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 254/268)
Character Range: 1015238–1018007

Imprisonment for 15 years.
 (6) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator enlists one or more persons into an armed force or group other than the national armed forces; and
 (b) the person or persons are under the age of 18 years; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 10 years.

268.89  War crime—displacing civilians
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator orders a displacement of a civilian population; and
 (b) the order is not justified by the security of the civilians involved or by imperative military necessity; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

268.90  War crime—treacherously killing or injuring
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator invites the confidence or belief of one or more persons that the perpetrator is entitled to protection, or that the person or persons are obliged to accord protection to the perpetrator; and
 (b) the perpetrator kills the person or persons; and
 (c) the perpetrator makes use of that confidence or belief in killing the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons belong to an adverse party; and
 (e) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator invites the confidence or belief of one or more persons that the perpetrator is entitled to protection, or that the person or persons are obliged to accord protection to the perpetrator; and
 (b) the perpetrator injures the person or persons; and
 (c) the perpetrator makes use of that confidence or belief in injuring the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons belong to an adverse party; and
 (e) the perpetrator's conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an armed conflict that is not an international armed conflict.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 25 years.

268.91  War crime—denying quarter
  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator declares or orders that there are to be no survivors; and
 (b) the declaration or order is given with the intention of threatening an adversary or conducting hostilities on the basis that there are to be no survivors; and
 (c) the perpetrator is in a position of effective command or control