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War Crimes Act 1945
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#### 8 Effect of sections 6 and 7
(1) Subject to subsection 7(2), nothing in section 6 or 7 limits the generality of anything else in that section.
(2) An act may be a serious crime by virtue of one of more of subsections 6(1), (3), (4) and (5), but not otherwise.
(3) A serious crime may be a war crime by virtue of either or both of subsections 7(1) and (3), but not otherwise.
(4) Two or more serious crimes may together constitute a war crime by virtue of subsection 7(4), but not otherwise.