Criminal Code Act 1995

A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:

the perpetrator arrests, detains or abducts one or more persons; and

the arrest, detention or abduction is carried out by, or with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of, the government of a country or a political organisation; and

the perpetrator intends to remove the person or persons from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time; and

the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population; and

after the arrest, detention or abduction, the government or organisation refuses to acknowledge the deprivation of freedom of, or to give information on the fate or whereabouts of, the person or persons.

A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:

one or more persons have been arrested, detained or abducted; and

the arrest, detention or abduction was carried out by, or with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of, the government of a country or a political organisation; and

the perpetrator refuses to acknowledge the deprivation of freedom, or to give information on the fate or whereabouts, of the person or persons; and

the refusal occurs with the authorisation, support or acquiescence of the government of the country or the political organisation; and

the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the refusal was preceded or accompanied by the deprivation of freedom; and

the perpetrator intends that the person or persons be removed from the protection of the law for a prolonged period of time; and

the arrest, detention or abduction occurred, and the refusal occurs, as part of a widespread or systematic attack directed against a civilian population; and

the perpetrator knows that the refusal is part of, or intends the refusal to be part of, such an attack.