The Defence Act 1954 is amended as follows:

(a) in section 169 (as amended by section 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 1990) by substituting the following for subsection (3):

"(3) Where a person charged under this section is convicted by a court-martial of an offence other than treason or murder, he shall be liable to be punished as follows:

(a) if he is convicted of manslaughter, be liable to imprisonment for life or any lesser punishment awardable by a court-martial;

(b) if he is convicted of rape, rape under section 4 (within the meaning of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990) or aggravated sexual assault (within the meaning of the Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990), be liable to imprisonment for life or any lesser punishment awardable by a court-martial;

(c) if he is convicted of an act of genocide which would be punishable under the Genocide Act 1973 be liable -

(i) in case the offence consists of the killing of any person, to imprisonment for life, or

(ii) in any other case, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years;

(d) if he is convicted of an offence under the Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act 2000 be liable to imprisonment for life;