Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention Against Torture) Act, 2000

Amendment of Defence Act, 1954.

6.—The Defence Act, 1954 , is hereby amended—

(a) in section 169 (as amended by section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1990 ), by the insertion in subsection (3) after paragraph (d) of the following:

“(dd) if he is convicted of an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act, 2000, be liable to imprisonment for life.”,

and

(b) in section 192, by—

(i) the insertion in subsection (2)(c) after “or genocide” (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1973) of “or an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act, 2000”, and

(ii) the insertion in subsection (3) after “genocide” (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1973) of “an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act, 2000,”.