Section 3: Grave breaches of Conventions

(1) If, whether in or outside the Federal Republic of Nigeria, any person, whatever his nationality, commits, or aids, abets or procures any other person to commit any such grave breach of any of the Conventions as is referred to in the articles of the Conventions set out in the First Schedule of this Act, that is to say-
(a) article 50 of the First Geneva Convention, 1949;
(b) article 51 of the Second Geneva Convention, 1949;
(c) article 130 of the Third Geneva Convention, 1949;
(d)
article 147 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, 1949,
[First Schedule.)
he shall on conviction thereof-
(i) in the case of such a grave breach as aforesaid involving the wilful killing of a person protected by the Convention in question, be sentenced to death; and
(ii) in the case of any other such grave breach, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years.
(2) A person may be proceeded against, tried and sentenced in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja for an offence under this section committed outside Nigeria as if the offence had been committed in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and the offence shall, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment thereof, be deemed to have been committed in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
(3)
If, in proceedings under this section for a grave breach of any of the Conventions any question arises under article 2 of the relevant Convention (which relates in the case of each Convention to the circumstances in which the Convention applies and is set out in the Second Schedule to this Act), that question shall be determined by the Minister charged with responsibility for matters relating to defence and a certificate purporting to set out any such determination and to be signed by or on behalf of such Minister shall be received in evidence and deemed to be so signed without further proof, unless the contrary is shown.
[Second Schedule.]