Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

CHARTER OF THE UNITED NATIONS (SANCTIONS -- DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) REGULATIONS 2005 (SLI NO 98 OF 2005) - REG 7

         (1)   A person must not engage in conduct that assists, or results in, the sale or supply of arms or related matériel to a foreign or Congolese armed group or militia operating in North Kivu, South Kivu or Ituri.

Penalty:   50 penalty units.

         (2)   Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a sale or supply:

                (a)    to:

                          (i)    the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo for the use of the integrated Congolese national army and police forces; or

                         (ii)    MONUC or the Interim Emergency Multinational Force deployed in Bunia; or

               (b)    of non-lethal military equipment intended solely for humanitarian or protective use.

Note    Chapter 2 of the Criminal Code sets out the general principles of criminal responsibility.