National penalties - maximum penalty

Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua and Barbuda - Criminal Procedure Act 1873 EN

PART VIII
PUNISHMENT - IMPRISONMENT

57. Mode of punishment for felony not capital.

If any person be convicted of felony not punishable with death, committed after a previous conviction for felony, such person shall, on subsequent conviction, be imprisoned for any term not exceeding seven years, with or without hard labour, unless some other punishment be directed by any statute for the particular offence, in which case the offender shall be liable to the punishment thereby awarded, and not to any other.

PART VIII
PUNISHMENT - IMPRISONMENT

61. Punishment of felonies less than capital.

Every person convicted of felony, not punishable with death, shall be punished in the manner (if any) prescribed by the statute, or statutes, especially relating to such felony, and every person convicted of any felony, for which no punishment is specially provided, shall be liable to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding seven years.

Antigua and Barbuda - Genocide Act 1975 EN

3. Genocide.

(2) A person guilty of an offence of genocide shall on conviction on indictment

(b) in any other case, be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.

Rome Statute

Article 77 Applicable penalties

1. Subject to article 110, the Court may impose one of the following penalties on a person convicted of a crime referred to in article 5 of this Statute:

(a) Imprisonment for a specified number of years, which may not exceed a maximum of 30 years; or

(b) A term of life imprisonment when justified by the extreme gravity of the crime and the individual circumstances of the convicted person.

2. In addition to imprisonment, the Court may order:

(a) A fine under the criteria provided for in the Rules of Procedure and Evidence;

(b) A forfeiture of proceeds, property and assets derived directly or indirectly from that crime, without prejudice to the rights of bona fide third parties.