Genocide by forcibly transferring children
268.7 Genocide by forcibly transferring children
A person (the perpetrator) commits an offence if:
the perpetrator forcibly transfers one or more persons; and
the person or persons belong to a particular national, ethnical, racial or religious group; and
the perpetrator intends to destroy, in whole or in part, that national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such; and
the transfer is from that group to another national, ethnical, racial or religious group; and
the person or persons are under the age of 18 years; and
the perpetrator knows that, or is reckless as to whether, the person or persons are under that age.
Penalty: Imprisonment for life.
In subsection (1):
forcibly transfers one or more persons includes transfers one or more persons:
by threat of force or coercion (such as that caused by fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological oppression or abuse of power) against the person or persons or against another person; or
by taking advantage of a coercive environment.
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