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ACTNO XI
XOF1973*

AnActt
opr
ovi
def
ort
hedet
ent
i
on,pr
osecut
i
onandpuni
shmentofper
sonsf
orgeno
cr
i
mesandot
hercr
i
mesunderi
nt
er
nat
i
onall
aw
(
Publ
i
shedi
nt
heBangl
adeshGazet
t
e,Ext
r
a.
,onJul
y20,1973)

Wher
easI
ti
sexpedi
entt
opr
ovi
def
ort
hedet
ent
i
on,pr
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onandpuni
shmentof
humani
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y,warcr
i
mesandot
hercr
i
mesunderi
nt
er
nat
i
onall
awandf
ormat
t
er
scon
I
ti
sher
ebyenact
edasf
ol
l
ows:
1.Shor
tt
i
t
l
e,ext
entandcommencement
.
(
1)Thi
sActmaybecal
l
edt
heI
nt
er
nat
i
onalCr
i
mes(
Tr
i
bunal
s)Act1973.
(
2)I
text
endst
ot
hewhol
eofBangl
adesh.
(
3)I
tshal
lcomei
nt
of
or
ceatonce.

2.
Def
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ni
t
i
ons.
I
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hi
sAct
,unl
esst
her
ei
sanyt
hi
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ectorcont
ext
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oloft
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at
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herpur
poses;
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b)'
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nment
'
meanst
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hePeopl
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sRepubl
i
cofBangl
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(
c)'
Republ
i
c'
meanst
hePeopl
e'
sRepubl
i
cofBangl
adesh;
(
d)'
ser
vi
cel
aw'
meanst
heAr
myAct
,1952(
XXXI
Xof1952)
,t
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1961(
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ncl
udest
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ul
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onsunderanyoft
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or
yofBangl
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or
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nedi
nar
t
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cl
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Peopl
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cOfBangl
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(
f
)'
Tr
i
bunal
'
meansaTr
i
bunalsetupundert
hi
sact
.

3.
Jur
i
sdi
ct
i
onofTr
i
bunalandcr
i
mes.

(
1)At
r
i
bunalshal
lhavet
hepowert
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shaper
soni
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2)Thef
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soranyoft
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i
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bunal
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esponsi
bi
l
i
t
y
,namel
y:-

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y:namel
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der
,ext
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mi
nat
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on,ensl
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ofi
nt
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nat
i
onalt
r
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i
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sorassur
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(
c)Genoci
de:meani
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nganyoft
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ol
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ngact
scommi
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hi
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nat
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calgr
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hswi
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ngchi
l
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oupt
oanot
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oup;

(
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mes:namel
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ol
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i
onofl
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at
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ondest
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onf
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ar
i
anr
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cabl
ei
nar
medconf
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ct
sl
ai
ddowni
nt
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(
f
)anyot
herc
r
i
mesunderi
nt
er
nat
i
onall
aw;
(
g)at
t
emptabet
mentorconspi
r
acyt
ocommi
tanysuchcr
i
mes;

h.compl
i
ci
t
yi
norf
ai
l
ur
et
opr
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ssi
onofanysuchcr
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mes.
4.Li
abi
l
i
t
yf
orCr
i
mes.

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1)Whenanycr
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mespeci
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i
edi
nsect
i
on3i
sc
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,

,

,

,,

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,

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den
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m.

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odowi
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,hesai
d,
woul
dkeepi
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sent
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t
yasi
tcoul
dnotacceptr
eady
madel
eader
shi
p.(
mor
ni
ng
news18t
haugust1971)

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