The International Crimes Act, 2008 relation to, or who counsels in relation to, an offence mentioned in subsection (1) is guilty of an offence. (3) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall on conviction be liable— (a) to be punished as for murder, if an intentional killing forms the basis of the offence; or (b) to imprisonment for life or for a lesser term, in any other case. (4) In this section— www.kenyalaw.org “crime against humanity” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 7 of the Rome Statute and includes an act defined as a crime against humanity in conventional international law or customary international law that is not otherwise dealt with in the Rome Statute or in this Act; “genocide” has the meaning ascribed to it in article 6 of the Rome statute; “war crime” has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2 of article 8 of the Rome Statute. General principles of criminal law. 7. (1) For the purposes of proceedings for an offence under section 6, the following provisions of the Rome Statute shall apply, with any necessary modifications— (a) article 20 (which relates to crimes for which a person has previously been acquitted or convicted); (b) article 21 (which deals with the law applicable at proceedings at international level) (c) paragraph 2 of article 22 (which relates to principles of interpretation to be applied to the definition of crimes); (d) article 25 (which relates to principles of individual criminal responsibility); (e) article 26 (which relates to the exclusion of jurisdiction over persons under eighteen years); (f) article 28 (which relates to the responsibility of 5