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1949

Genocide Convention Act 1949
(Act No. 27 of 1949 as amended)

CONTENTS:

  1. Short title
  2. Commencement
  3. Interpretation
  4. Approval of ratification
  5. Approval of extension to Territories

The Schedule Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Notes

An Act to approve of Ratification by Australia of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, and for other purposes

1 Short title [see Note 1]

This Act may be cited as the Genocide Convention Act 1949.

2 Commencement [see Note 1]

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

3 Interpretation

In this Act:

    the Genocide Convention means the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations at Paris on the ninth day of December, One thousand nine hundred and forty-eight, the text of which convention in the English language is set out in the Schedule to this Act.

4 Approval of ratification

Approval is hereby given to the depositing with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of an instrument of ratification of the Genocide Convention by Australia.

5 Approval of extension to Territories

Approval is hereby given to the depositing with the Secretary-General of the United Nations of a notification by Australia, in accordance with Article twelve of the Genocide Convention, extending the application of the Genocide Convention to all the territories for the conduct of whose foreign relations Australia is responsible.

The Schedule: Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

Section 3

[Documentation note: section 3 contains the full text of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide]

Notes to the Genocide Convention Act 1949

Note 1

The Genocide Convention Act 1949 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 27, 1949 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Acts

Act Number and year Date of Assent Date of commencement Application, saving or transitional provisions
Genocide Convention Act 1949 27, 1949 12 July 1949 12 July 1949

Documentation Note: Genocide Convention Act 1949 - Act No. 27 of 1949 as amended. This compilation was prepared on 27 November 2000 by the Office of Legislative Drafting, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra

][Source: Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra, Australia.]

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