Protection of Cultural Property in the event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Act 2017

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Number 36 of 2017


PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT 2017


CONTENTS

1. Definitions

2. Offences

3. Offences outside State

4. Penalties

5. Responsibility of military commanders and other superiors

6. Defence of superior orders

7. Double jeopardy

8. Blue Shield emblem

9. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008

10. Amendment of Schedule to Criminal Procedure Act 2010

11. Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE 1

Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict

SCHEDULE 2

Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict


Acts Referred to

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7)

Criminal Procedure Act 2010 (No. 27)

European Arrest Warrant Act 2003 (No. 45)

Extradition Act 1965 (No. 17)

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Number 36 of 2017


PROTECTION OF CULTURAL PROPERTY IN THE EVENT OF ARMED CONFLICT (HAGUE CONVENTION) ACT 2017


An Act to give effect to the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and to the Protocol thereto, done at The Hague on 26 March 1999, and for those purposes to provide for offences relating to acts prohibited by that Protocol; and to provide for matters related thereto.

[21st December, 2017]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: