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,”. |