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51. Where, however, a person, while undergoing a punishment
for life and restrictive of personal liberty, commits another crime
subject to a lesser punishment, he shall be liable to one or more
terms of solitary confinement.
Solitary
confinement in the
case of relapsers
serving a life
sentence.
Amended by:
XI. 1900.14.
52. For the purposes of the provisions contained in the
foregoing articles of this Title, any sentence in respect of any crime
committed through imprudence or negligence, or through
unskilfulness in the exercise of any art or profession, or through
non-observance of regulations, shall not be taken into account in
awarding punishment for any other crime, and vice versa.
Exceptions.
Amended by:
XI.1900.14.
53. Where a person sentenced for a contravention shall, within
three months from the date of the expiration or remission of the
punishment, commit another contravention, he may be sentenced to
detention for a term not exceeding two months, or to a fine (multa),
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month.
Effect of previous
conviction for
contravention.
Amended by:
XI.1900.14;
IX. 1911.7;
XLIX. 1981.4.
54. A person sentenced shall continue to be considered as such
for the purpose of the provisions concerning recidivists
notwithstanding any pardon commuting the punishment lawfully
awarded to him.
Effect of pardon in
respect of
recidivists.
Amended by:
XI. 1900.14.
PART II
OF CRIMES AND P UNISHMENTS
Title I
OF GENOCIDE, CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY,
WAR CRIMES AND CRIMES OF AGGRESSION
Substituted by:
XXIV. 2014.9.
54A. (1) It is a crime for a person to commit genocide, a crime
against humanity, a war crime or a crime of aggression.
General.
Added by:
XXIV. 2002.13.
Amended by:
XXIV. 2014.10.
(2)
In this Title -
''the ICC Treaty'' means the Statute of the International Criminal
Court, done at Rome on 17th July, 1988;
''the ICC'' means the International Criminal Court established by
the ICC Treaty;
''genocide'' means an act of genocide as defined in article 54B;
''crime against humanity'' means a crime against humanity as
defined in article 54C;
''war crime'' means a war crime as defined in article 54D;
"crime of aggression" means a war crime as defined in article
54DA;
''Minister'' means the Minister responsible for Justice.
(3)
In interpreting and applying the provisions of this Title the