Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060:section:8:p232
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00060
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8 (pt 232/268)
Character Range: 960295–963022

mutilation, such as by permanently disfiguring, or permanently disabling or removing organs or appendages of, the person or persons; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct causes the death of the person or persons; and
 (c) the conduct is neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person or persons nor carried out in the interest or interests of the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons are in the power of an adverse party; and
 (e) the conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator subjects one or more persons to mutilation, such as by permanently disfiguring, or permanently disabling or removing organs or appendages of, the person or persons; and
 (b) the perpetrator's conduct seriously endangers the physical or mental health, or the integrity, of the person or persons; and
 (c) the conduct is neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person or persons nor carried out in the interest or interests of the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons are in the power of an adverse party; and
 (e) the conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 25 years.

268.48  War crime—medical or scientific experiments
 (1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator subjects one or more persons to a medical or scientific experiment; and
 (b) the experiment causes the death of the person or persons; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct is neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person or persons nor carried out in the interest or interests of the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons are in the power of an adverse party; and
 (e) the conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
 (2) A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
 (a) the perpetrator subjects one or more persons to a medical or scientific experiment; and
 (b) the experiment seriously endangers the physical or mental health, or the integrity, of the person or persons; and
 (c) the perpetrator's conduct is neither justified by the medical, dental or hospital treatment of the person or persons nor carried out in the interest or interests of the person or persons; and
 (d) the person or persons are in the power of an adverse party; and
 (e) the conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty