Any person who, on or after the date of commencement of this Act, with the intention of destroying, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group— (a) kills members of the group; or (b) causes serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; or (c) deliberately inflicts on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; or (d) imposes measures intended to prevent births within the group; or (e) forcibly transfers children of the group to another group; shall be guilty of an offence and liable— (i) where the offence involves the killing of a person, to the same penalty that may be imposed by law for murder; (ii) in any other case, to imprisonment for life. 5 Attorney-General to authorize prosecutions under this Act No proceedings, other than proceedings for the purposes of remand, shall be instituted or continued in a court in Zimbabwe against any person⎯ (a) for an offence in terms of section four; or (b) for an attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit an offence in terms of section four; without the authority of the Attorney-General. 6 Amendment of section 15 of Cap. 9:08 Section 15 of the Extradition Act [Chapter 9:08] is amended in the proviso to paragraph (b) by the insertion after paragraph (ii) of the following subparagraph— “or (ii) is an offence in terms of the Genocide Act [Chapter 9:20] or an attempt, conspiracy or incitement to commit such an offence;”. Schedule (Section 2) CONVENTION ON THE PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF THE CRIME OF GENOCIDE The Contracting Parties, Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96(I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime under international law, contrary to the spirit and aims of the United Nations and condemned by the civilized world, Recognizing that at all periods of history genocide has inflicted great losses on humanity, and Being convinced that, in order to liberate mankind from such an odious scourge, international co-operation is required, Hereby agree as hereinafter provided: