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(1) Any person, whether a citizen of Sri Lanka or not, who within or outside Sri Lanka -
| | (a) commits or attempts to commit; or | | |
| | (b) aids, abets, conspires or procures the commission by any other person of, | | |
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| (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)-
| | (a) a grave breach of the First Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in Article 50 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention; | | |
| | (b) a grave breach of the Second Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in Article 51 of that Convention committed against person or property protected by that Convention ; | | |
| | (c) a grave breach of the Third Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in Article 130 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention ; and | | |
| | (d) a grave breach of the Fourth Convention is a breach of that Convention involving an act referred to in Article 147 of that Convention committed against persons or property protected by that Convention. | | |
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| (3) For the purposes of this section "aids", "abets", "conspires" and "procures" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to them in the Penal Code (Chapter 19). |
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| (4) Any person convicted of an offence under this section shall-
| | (a) where the offence involves the wilful killing of a person protected by any of the aforesaid Conventions, be punished with death; and | | |
| | (b) for any other offence, be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which shall not exceed twenty years. | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts