7War crimes

7 War crimes

(1) A serious crime is a war crime if it was committed: (a) in the course of hostilities in a war; (b) in the course of an occupation; (c) in pursuing a policy associated with the conduct of a war or with an occupation; or (d) on behalf of, or in the interests of, a power conducting a war or engaged in an occupation. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a serious crime was not committed: (a) in the course of hostilities in a war; or (b) in the course of an occupation; merely because the serious crime had with the hostilities or occupation a connection (whether in time, in time and place, or otherwise) that was only incidental or remote. (3) A serious crime is a war crime if it was: (a) committed: (i) in the course of political, racial or religious persecution; or (ii) with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national, ethnic, racial or religious group, as such; and (b) committed in the territory of a country when the country was involved in a war or when territory of the country was subject to an occupation. (4) Two or more serious crimes together constitute a war crime if: (a) they are of the same or a similar character; (b) they form, or are part of, a single transaction or event; and (c) each of them is also a war crime by virtue of either or both of subsections (1) and (3).