4.-(1) Any person, whatever his nationality, who, whether within or without Malawi commits or aids, abets or procures the commission by any other person of any such grave breach of any of the Conventions as is referred to in the following articles respectively of those Conventions, that is to say-
(a) article 50 of the Convention set out in the First Schedule to this Act;
(b) article 51 of the Convention set out in the Second Schedule to this Act;
(c) article 130 of the Convention set out in the Third Schedule to this Act;
(d) article 147 of the Convention set out in the Fourth Fourth
shall without prejudice to his liability under any other written law be guilty of an offence and-
(i) in the case of a grave breach causing or resulting in or contributing to the death of the person protected by the Convention in question, shall be liable to imprison ment for life;
(ii) in the case of any other grave breach, shall be liable to imprisonment for fourteen years.
4.-(2) Where an offence under this section is committed without Malawi a person may be proceeded against, tried and punished therefor in any place in Malawi as if the offence had been committed in that place, and the offence shall, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment thereof, be deemed to have been committed in that place.
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;
(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.