SPECIAL PART

Chapter I- CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY

Article 73- Genocide

The execution of a premeditated plan aiming at the total or partial destruction of a national, ethnic, racial or religious group directed towards its members, and combined with the following acts, such as:
intentionally killing a group members, serious physical and psychological harm, placement in difficult living conditions which cause physical destruction, applying birth preventing measures, as well as the obligatory transfer of children from one group to another, is sentenced with no less than ten years of imprisonment, or with life imprisonment.

Article 1- Purpose

The purpose of this law is the organization and functioning of the courts for serious crime, with the aim of increasing the effectiveness of the fight against organized crime and serious crimes and improving the quality of their adjudication.

Article 5- Competencies of the courts for serious crimes

1. The courts for serious crimes and the courts of appeal for serious crimes judge, in the first and second instances, on criminal acts that are provided in article 75 (a) of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

2. When during the trial the legal character of the criminal act changes and for this reason the jurisdiction belongs to another court, the trial continues and is completed by the court for serious crimes while applying the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

3. The court for serious crimes and the court of appeal for serious crimes review requests and complaints of the parties which have been made during the preliminary investigations on matters for which they have jurisdiction. The determination and evaluation of the security measures for cases of arrest in the act and of arrest of the suspect can be made by a judge of the judicial district where the criminal act was committed or where the detention took place.