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(1)The following provisions of this Act do not extend to Scotland—
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(b)section 49 (power to make provision for enforcement of orders other than sentences of imprisonment);
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section 50(3) (regulations setting out Elements of Crimes),
section 50(4) (Orders in Council specifying relevant reservations or declarations),
section 70 (offences under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (c. 52)), and
sections 71 to 73 (extradition);
(d)the repeal by Schedule 10 of the provisions of the Genocide Act 1969 (c. 12) creating the offence of genocide.
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(4)Section 77 of this Act (application of provisions to other International Tribunals) has the same extent as section 1 of the United Nations Act 1946 (c. 45).
(5)The provisions of this Act amending the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53), or which relate to proceedings under those Acts, extend to any place to which those Acts extend.
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I1S. 79 wholly in force at 1.9.2001; s. 79 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 82; s. 79(3) in force for specified purposes at 13.6.2001 and otherwise 1.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/2161, arts. 2, 3 (as amended (25.6.2001) by S.I. 2001/2304, art. 2); s. 79(1)(2)(4)(5) in force at 1.9.2001 by S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2
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