Genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
6D
1
This section applies to—
a
any offence that if committed in the United Kingdom would be punishable as—
i
an offence under section 51 or 58 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes),
ii
an offence under section 52 or 59 of that Act (conduct ancillary to genocide, etc. committed outside the jurisdiction), or
iii
an ancillary offence, as defined in section 55 or 62 of that Act, in relation to any such offence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) or (ii); and
b
any offence punishable in the United Kingdom under section 1 of the Geneva Conventions Act 1957 (grave breach of scheduled conventions).
2
For the purposes of this Act—
a
an offence to which this section applies shall not be regarded as an offence of a political character, and
b
no proceedings in respect of such an offence shall be regarded as a criminal matter of a political character.
3
It is not an objection to proceedings against a person in respect of an offence to which this section applies that under the law in force at the time when and in the place where he is alleged to have committed the act of which he is accused, or of which he was convicted, he could not have been punished for it.
4
References in this section to an offence under any provision of the International Criminal Court Act 2001, or to an offence ancillary to such an offence, include any corresponding offence under the law of Scotland.
Act repealed (1.1.2004) by Extradition Act 2003 (c. 41), ss. 218(a), 220, 221, Sch. 4; S.I. 2003/3103, art. 2 (subject to savings in arts. 3-5 for extraditions made on or before 31.12.2003) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3312, art. 2 and S.I. 2003/3258, art. 2); and which Act in so far as it is still in force is amended (1.9.2004 for specified purposes and 1.4.2005 otherwise) by Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), s. 109(1), Sch. 8 paras. 119-123; S.I. 2004/2066, art. 2 (subject to art. 3); S.I. 2005/910, art. 3; and further amended (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 40(4), Sch. 9 para. 14; S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2; and further amended (18.6.2012 for specified purposes, 5.11.2012 for specified purposes and 28.5.2013 for specified purposes) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), ss. 41, 336(3)(4), Sch. 3 para. 41, Sch. 37 Pt. 4; S.I. 2012/1320, art. 4 (with art. 5); S.I. 2012/2574, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended by S.I. 2012/2761, art. 2); S.I. 2013/1103, art. 2 (with arts. 3, 4)
S. 6D inserted (1.9.2001) by 2001 c. 17, s. 73(2) (with ss. 56(2), 63(2), 78); S.I. 2001/2161, art. 2