1063
(2)
In sub-section (1)—
“forcibly made pregnant” includes made pregnant by a consent that was affected by deception or by natural,
induced or age-related incapacity.
Crime against humanity—enforced sterilisation
92.—(1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an indictable offence if —
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
the perpetrator deprives one or more persons of biological reproductive capacity; and
the deprivation is not effected by a birth‑control measure that has a non‑permanent effect in practice;
and
the perpetrator’s conduct is neither justified by the medical or hospital treatment of the person or
persons nor carried out with the consent of the person or persons; and
the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic
attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 25 years.
(2)
In sub-section (1)—
“consent” does not include consent effected by deception or by natural, induced or age-related incapacity.
Crime against humanity—sexual violence
93.—(1) A person (the perpetrator) commits an indictable offence if—
(a)
the perpetrator does either of the following—
(i) commits an act or acts of a sexual nature against one or more persons;
(ii) causes one or more persons to engage in an act or acts of a sexual nature;
without the consent of the person or persons, including by being reckless as to whether there is consent;
and
(b)
(c)
the perpetrator’s conduct is of a gravity comparable to the offences referred to in sections 88 to 92;
and
the perpetrator’s conduct is committed intentionally or knowingly as part of a widespread or systematic
attack directed against a civilian population.
Penalty — Imprisonment for 25 years.
(2)
In sub-section (1)—
“consent” means free and voluntary agreement.
(3) Without limiting the generality of the references to consent in this section, a person does not consent to an
act if—
(a) the person submits to the act because of force or the fear of force to the person or to someone else;
(b) the person submits to the act because the person is unlawfully detained;
(c) the person is asleep or unconscious, or is so affected by alcohol or another drug as to be incapable of
consenting;
(d) the person is incapable of understanding the essential nature of the act;
(e) the person is mistaken about the essential nature of the act (for example, the person mistakenly believes
that the act is for medical or hygienic purposes);
(f)
the person submits to the act because of psychological oppression or abuse of power;
(g) the person submits to the act because of the perpetrator taking advantage of a coercive
environment.
(4)
In this section “threat of force or coercion” includes—
(a)
(b)
a threat of force or coercion such as that caused by fear of violence, duress, detention, psychological
oppression or abuse of power; or
taking advantage of a coercive environment.