Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act, 2000

Amendment of Defence Act, 1954.

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

(a) in section 169, by the insertion in subsection (3) after paragraph (dd) of the following:

“(ddd) if he or she is convicted of an offence under the Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act, 2000, be liable either to suffer any punishment assigned for such offence by that Act or any less punishment awardable by a court-martial.”,

and

(b) in section 192, by—

(i) the insertion in subsection (2)(c) after “or an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act, 2000 ” of “or an offence under the Criminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act, 2000”, and

(ii) the insertion in subsection (3) after “an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act, 2000 ” of “an offence under theCriminal Justice (Safety of United Nations Workers) Act, 2000,”.