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BHS-1969-L-78671
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Genocide Act (Chapter 85) (No.29 of 1969).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Bahamas
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions
Adopted on (Date of text)
1969-12-19
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides that genocide as defined in Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9th December 1948 shall be punishable in the Bahamas by the death penalty or imprisonment.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Act On-line
Author
Bahamas Laws On-line
Publisher
Government of the Bahamas
URL
http://laws.bahamas.gov.bs/statutes/statute_CHAPTER_85.html
File
BHS78671.pdf (PDF)