The Genocide Act 1969 (c. 12) was an act of the

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. It gave effect to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9 December 1948. The whole act was repealed for

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and

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on 1 September 2001. It was repealed for

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on 17 December 2001 As to the repeal of this act for the

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, se
article 2(e)
of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (Isle of Man) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/714). As to application of this act to the

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, see section 5(1)(b) of the Administration of Justice Ordinance 1990 (No 5). Archbold Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice said that this Act made no provision in relation to

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and that it was "doubtful" that genocide committed by a

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abroad was an offence under this Act.

Section 1 - Genocide

The reference to the

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in section 1(3) was substituted for the reference to the

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on 12 April 2010The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No.14) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/113 (C. 7))
article 2
/ref> b
paragraph 26
of Schedule 7 to the

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. Section 1(3) was subject t
section 12
of the Criminal Jurisdiction Act 1975. Section 1(4) inserted paragraph 20 of List B of Schedule 1 to the

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. That Schedule was repealed by Part IV of Schedule 11 to the

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. Section 1(5) was repealed b
Part 1
of Schedule 7 to the

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Section 2 - Extradition and evidence for foreign courts

Section 2(1)(b), and the preceding "and", were repealed by section 170 o
Schedule 16
to, the

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. Section 2(1) was repealed by section 37 of, and Schedule 2 to, the

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. The words "the Acts mentioned in subsection (1) of this section, the Extradition Act 1873 and" in section 2(2) were repealed by section 37 of, an
Schedule 2
to, the

Section 3 - Application to Channel Islands, Isle of Man and colonies

The words "and sections 16 and 17 of the Fugitive Offenders Act 1967" in section 3(1) were repealed by section 170 of, an
Schedule 16
to, the

. Section 3(1) was substituted b
section 36(2)
of the

. The power under section 3(2) was exercised b
article 2
of th
Genocide (Anguilla) Order 1987
(S.I. 1987/453).

Notes

References

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The Genocide Act 1969
as amended, from the

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The Genocide Act 1969
as at 1 September 2001, from the