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PART 11 — OTHER OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
Inciting to mutiny
72.—(1) A person commits an offence if he or she attempts to—
(a)
(b)
(c)
seduce any person serving in the military forces of Fiji or any police officer from his or her duty and
allegiance to Fiji; or
incite any such persons to commit an act of mutiny or any traitorous or mutinous act; or
incite any such persons to make or endeavour to make a mutinous assembly.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) The offences under sub-section (1) are indictable offences which are triable summarily.
Aiding soldiers or police in act of mutiny
73. A person commits a summary offence if he or she—
(a)
(b)
aids, abets, or is accessory to, any act of mutiny by any non-commissioned officer or private of the
military forces of Fiji or any police officer; or
incites any person named in paragraph (a) to sedition or to disobedience to any lawful order given by
a superior officer.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 5 years.
Inducing soldier or police to desert
74. A person commits a summary offence if he or she, by any means (directly or indirectly)—
(a)
(b)
(c)
procures or persuades or attempts to procure or persuade any non-commissioned officer or private of
the Fiji military forces or any police officer to desert; or
aids, abets, or is accessory to the desertion of any person named in paragraph (a); or
having reason to believe a person named in paragraph (a) is a deserter and he or she harbours or aids
in concealing the person.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 5 years.
Aiding prisoners of war to escape
75. A person commits a summary offence if he or she aids an alien enemy, being a prisoner of war in Fiji—
(a)
(b)
to escape from prison or a place of confinement; or
if the prisoner of war is at large on parole, to escape from Fiji.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 5 years.
PART 12 — OFFENCES AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Division 1 — Purpose of this Part
Purpose of this Part and definition of Covenant
76.—(1) The purpose of this Part is to create certain offences that are of international concern and certain
related offences.
(2) Any law providing for the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court in Fiji is to be complementary
to the jurisdiction of Fiji with respect to offences in this Division (and any other law prescribing such offences) that
are also crimes within the jurisdiction of that Court.
(3) Accordingly, any law which makes provision for the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court shall
not affect the primacy of Fiji’s right to exercise its jurisdiction with respect to offences created by this Division (and
any other law prescribing offences against humanity or war crimes) that are also crimes within the jurisdiction of
the International Criminal Court.
(4)
“Covenant” means the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.