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Torture
Mr Secretary Hurd
CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL, AS MENDED
HEW CLAUSES
To move the do
ing clause-
1 Torture
'(2) A public official or person acting in an official
capacity, whatever his nationality, commits the offence of
torture if in the United Kingdom or elsewhere he intentionally
inflicts severe pain or suffering on another in the performance
or purported performance of his official duties.
(2) A person not falling within subsection (1) above commits
the offence of torture, whatever his nationality if-
(a) in the United Kingdom or elsewhere he intentionally
inflicts severe pain or suffering on another at
the instigation or with the consent or
acquiescence-
(i) of a public official; or
(ii) of a person acting in an official
capacity; and
(b) the official or other person is performing or
purporting to perform his official duties when he
instigates the commission of the offence or
consents to or acquiesces in it.
(3) It is immaterial whether the pain or suffering is
physical or mental and whether
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May 2, 1983
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