 bill no 189 of 1980 the anti-apartheid (united nations convention) bill, 1980a bill to give effect to the international convention on the supp1'ession 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 make provisions for giving effect to it; be it enacted by parliament in the thirty-first year of the republic of india as follows:-1 (1) this act may be called the anti-apartheid (united nations convention) act, 1980 short title and extenl 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 j -(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 provisions of the said convention set out therein application of the inu-rna, tional convention on the suppression and punish_ ment of the crime of apartheici 3  every person to whom international criminal responsibility applies under article m 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 punishmentfor interna_ tional criminal responsibility expzanation-for the purposes of this section, the reference in 5 clause (a) of article iii of the said convention to "article ii" shall be construed as a reference to the provisions of article ii of that convention as set out in the schedule offences bycompa_ nies, organisations or institutions 4 where an offence under th:s act has been committed by a company or an organisation or an institution, every person who, at the time the 10 offence was committed, was in charge of, and was responsible to, the company, organisation or institution, as the case may be, for the conduct of its business or affairs, shflll be deemed to be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly: provided that nothing contain~d in this section shall render any is such person liable to any punishment provided in this act if he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of such offence explanation-for the purposes of this section, "company" means any body corporate and includes a firm or other association of individuals 20 place 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, published in the official gazette, direct in this behalf 6 no person shall be arrested or prosecuted in respect of any offence 25 under section 3 except with the previous sanction of the central government or such omcer or authority as may be authorised by that government by ordpr in writing in this behalf previous sanction of the central govern_ ment for arrest or prosecution 7 for the purposes of the extradition act, 1962, the offence under 34 of 1962 section 3 shall not be considered to be an offence of a political character 30 provision as to extradition act  the schedule (see sections 2 and 3)35 provisions of tht international convention on tilb stlppilei!sion \nd punishment of the crime of apa-rtheid which 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, ~au apply to the following inhuman acts committed for the purpose of establishing and maintaining domination by one racial group of persons over any other racial group of persons and systematically oppressing 5 them: (a) denial to a member or members of a racial group or groups of the -rt«1rt to life and liberty of person:  (i) by murder (jf members of a racial group or groups; (li) by the infliction upon the members of a racial group or 10 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; 15 (b) deliberate imposition on a racial group or groups of living conditions calculated to cause its or their physical destructi( ,n in whole or in part; - - - - - (e) explo!tation of the labour of the members of a racial group ot' groups, in particular by submitting them to forced labour; 2) (f) persecution of organisations and persons, by depriving them of fundamental rights and freedoms, because they oppose apartheid  article fiiinternational criminal responsibility shall apply, irrespective of the 25 motive involved, to individuals, members of organizations and institutions and representatives of the state, whether resid:ng in the territory of the state in which the acts are perpetrated or in some other state, whenever they: (a) commit, participate in directly incite or conspire in the 30 commission of the acts mentioned in article ii of the present convention; (b) directly abet, encourage or co-operate in the commission of the crime of apartheid - - - - -  statement of objects and reasonsthe object of the bill is to give eff~t to the provisions of the international convention on the suppression and punishment of the crime of apartheid, which was adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on the 30th november, 1073, 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 apartheid and similar policies and practices of racial ~egregation and discrimination constitute a serious threat to internaconal peace and security and to make it possible for the states parties to the convencon to take more effective me2sures at the national and international levels with a view to the suppression and punishment of h:e crime of apartheid 2 the bill gives effect to the convention, in particular to articles ii and iii thereof, as set o'ut in the schedule to the bill which, respectively, define the crime of apartheid 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 commissirm of the said cr:me punishable with death or imprisonment and fine p v narasimha rao new delhi; the 29th october, 1980 a btu to give effect to the intemattonal convention on the suppressiod and punishment of the crime of apartheid (ihri p y no'rarimha rao, ~ of eztemal affair,) 