Jersey Law 1/1987
GENOCIDE (AMENDMENT) (JERSEY) LAW, 1987.
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A LAW to
amend the Genocide (Jersey) Law, 1969, sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in
Council of the
25th day of NOVEMBER, 1986.
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(Registered on the 23rd day of January, 1987.)
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STATES OF JERSEY.
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The 17th day of June,
1986.
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THE STATES, subject to the sanction of
Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have adopted the following Law –
ARTICLE
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In Article 1 of the Genocide (Jersey) Law, 1969
(a) in
sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (2) for the word “death” there shall
be substituted the words “imprisonment for life”; and
(b) after
paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –
“(2A) On sentencing any person convicted of
genocide to imprisonment for life, the Court may at the same time declare the
period which it recommends as the minimum period which in its view should
elapse before that person is released from prison on licence.”.
ARTICLE
2
This Law may be cited as the Genocide (Amendment) (Jersey) Law,
1987.
R.S.GRAY
Deputy Greffier of the States.