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| Name: | Genocide Act (Chapter 85) (No.29 of 1969). |
| Country: | Bahamas |
| Subject(s): | General provisions |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 1969-12-19 |
| Entry into force: | |
| ISN: | BHS-1969-L-78671 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=78671&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Act On-line  Bahamas Laws On-line, Government of the Bahamas PDF (consulted on 2008-06-23) |
| Abstract/Citation: | Provides that genocide as defined in Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 9th December 1948 shall be punishable in the Bahamas by the death penalty or imprisonment. |