Article 1. The Criminal Code of Georgia ("saqartvelos sakanonmdeblo macne"1) No. 41(48), 1999) shall be amended as follows:
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a) Subparagraph ”a” of article 413 shall be drafted as follows:
"a) Looting, i.e. acquisition of property of the wounded of dead, as well as the acquisition of property of civilians which is left in the area of hostilities or robbery of settlement (populated area) or locality”
Article 413 – Other violations of the provisions of the international humanitarian law
An act that does not contain the elements of the crime provided for in Article 411 or 412 of this Code, in particular:
a) looting, i.e. taking possession of items of the person killed or wounded during military actions as well as taking possession of citizens’ property which is left in the zone of military actions, and/or robbery of settlements or other territorial entities–
shall be punished by imprisonment for a term of eleven to fifteen years.
2. For the purpose of this Statute, ‘war crimes’ means:
(e) Other serious violations of the laws and customs applicable in armed conflicts not of an international character, within the established framework of international law, namely, any of the following acts:
(v) Pillaging a town or place, even when taken by assault;