 the anti-apartheid (united nations convention)  bill, 1978· a bill -to givje effect to the internati0'1l41 convention' on the supp"'usion and punishment of the crime of apartheid whereas an international convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid was adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on the thirtieth day of november, 1973; and whereas india, having acceded to the said convention, should 5 make provisions for giving effect to it; be it enacted by parliament in the twenty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the anti-apartheid (united nations short title convention) act, 1978 and extent 10 (2) it extends to the whole of india 2 (1) notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law, such of the provisions of the international convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid as are set out in the schedule shall have the force of law in india is (2) the central government may, from time to time, by notification in the official gazette, amend the schedule in conformity with any amendments, duly made and adopted, of the prqvisio1'l& of the said convention set out therein application of the international convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apar theid 3 every person to whom international criminal responsibility appues under article iii of the said convention, as set out in the schedule, shall be punished with death, or imprisonment for life, or imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine punishment for international criminal responsibility explanation-for the purposes of this section, the reference in clause s (a) of article iii of the said convention to "article ii" shall be construed as a reference to the provisions of article n of that convention as set out in the schedule   ojfences by com panies organisations or institutions " where an 'offence under this act has been committed by a company or an organisation or an institution, every person who, at the time 10 the offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company, organisation or institution, as the case {"'lay be, for the' conduct of its business or affairs, shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: is provided that nothing contained in this section shall render any such person liable to any punishment provided in this act if he proves that tbeo1!el'kle was comntitted without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to pdevent the commission of such offence explanation-for the purposes of this section, "company" means 20 any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individual,s p1iace of trial 5 any person committing an offence under section 3 may be tried for the offence in any place in which he may be found or in such other place as the central government may, by general or special order,2s published in the ofticial gazette, direct in this behalf 6 no perboll shall be arrested or prosecuted in respect of any offence under section 3 except with the previous sanction of the central government or such officer 'or authority as may be authorised by that government by order in writing in this behalf 30 previous sanction of the central government for arrest or proaecution 7 for the purposes of the extradition act, 1962, the offence under section 3 shall not be considered to be an offence of a political character 34 of 1962 provisions as to extradition act  pacmm:ojrs of till: ijm!:rnatioinal cozcon:nnon on the suppression and punishmi:nt of the crime oj' apartheid wlficu shall have force of law article iifor the purpose of the present convention, the term "the crime of apartheid", which shall include similar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination as practised in southern africa, shall apply to the following inhuman acts committed for the purpose of eriablishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing them: (a) denial to a member or members of a racial group or groups of the right to life ad liberty of person: (i) by murder of members of a racial group or groups; (ii) by the infliction upon the members of a racial group er groups of serious bodily or mental harm, by the infringement of their freedom or dignity, or by subjecting them to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; (iii) by arbitrary arrest and illegal imprisonment of the members of a racial group or groups; (b) deliberate imposition on a racial group or groups of living conditions calculated to cause its or their physical destruction in whole or in part; - - - - - (e) exploitation of the labour of the members of a racial group or groups, in particular by submitting them to forced labour; (/) persecution of organizations and persons, by depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms, because they oppose apartheid  article iiiinternational criminal responsibility shall apply, irrespective of the motive involved, to individuals, members of 'organizations and institutions and representatives of the state, whether residing in the territory of the state in which the acts are perpetrated or in some other state, whenever they: (/1) commit, participate in, directly incite or con~e in the commission of the acts mentioned in article it of the present convention; (b) directly abet, encourage or co-operate in the cojilmission of the crime of apartheid -  statement of objects and reasonsthe object of the bill is to give effect to the provisions of the inter-· national convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, which wa'1 adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on the 30th november, 1973, and to which india became a party on the 22nd october, 1977 the purpose of the said convention is to declare that apartheid is a crime against humanity and that inhuman acts resulting from the policies and practices of apctrtheid and slmilar policies and practices of racial segregation and discrimination constitute a serious threat to international peace and security and to make it possible for the states parties to the convention to take more eifective measures at the national and international levels with a view to the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid 2 the bill gives effect to the convention, in particular to articles n and m thereof, as set out in the schedule to the bill which, respectively, define the crime of apa'7'theid and apply international criminal responsibility, irrespective of the motives involved, to individuals, members of organisations, institutions, etc, who commit the said crime the bill also seeks to make the commission of the said crime punishable with death or imprisonment and fine new delhi; atal bihar i vajpayee the 14th july, 1978 a bill to give effect to the international convention on the suppression and punishment of the' crime of apartheid (shri atczl bih4ri v4jpayee, minister at e%tem41 a,) 