268.57
In forceWar crime—employing prohibited bullets
ScheduleThe Criminal Code
Volume 2sch (s 268.1-395.50)
Chapter 8Offences against humanity and related offences
Division 268Genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes against the administration of the justice of the International Criminal Court
Subdivision EOther serious war crimes that are committed in the course of an international armed conflict
268.57 War crime—employing prohibited bullets
(1)
A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
(a)
the perpetrator employs certain bullets; and
(b)
the bullets are such that their use violates the Hague Declaration because they expand or flatten easily in the human body; and
(c)
the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the nature of the bullets is such that their employment will uselessly aggravate suffering or the wounding effect; and
(d)
the perpetrator’s conduct takes place in the context of, and is associated with, an international armed conflict.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 25 years.
(2)
Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(b).
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