Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993:clause:1_2:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00993
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 2 (pt 9/48)
Character Range: 23700–26517

(c) the perpetrator intends to remove the person or persons from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time; and
 (d) the perpetrator's conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population; and
 (e) after the arrest, detention or abduction, the government or organisation refuses to acknowledge the deprivation of freedom of, or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of, the person or persons.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) one or more persons have been arrested, detained or abducted; and
 (b) the arrest, detention or abduction was carried out by, or with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of, the government of a country or a political organisation; and
 (c) the perpetrator refuses to acknowledge the deprivation of freedom, or to give information on the fate or whereabouts, of the person or persons; and
 (d) the refusal occurs with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of the government of the country or the political organisation; and
 (e) the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the refusal was preceded or accompanied by the deprivation of freedom; and
 (f) the perpetrator intends that the person or persons be removed from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time; and
 (g) the arrest, detention or abduction occurred, and the refusal occurs, as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population; and
 (h) the perpetrator knows that the refusal is part of, or intends the refusal to be part of, such an attack.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 17 years.

268.22  Crime against humanity—apartheid

  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator commits against one or more persons an act that is a proscribed inhumane act (as defined by the Dictionary) or an act that is of a nature and gravity similar to any such proscribed inhumane act; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct is committed in the context of an institutionalised regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups; and
 (c) the perpetrator knows of, or is reckless as to, the factual circumstances that establish the character of the act; and
 (d) the perpetrator intends to maintain the regime by the conduct; and
 (e) 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.

268.23  Crime against humanity—other inhumane act

  A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator causes great suffering, or serious injury to body or to mental or physical health,