64A.—(1) The Government, on the request of the Minister made after consultation with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, may by order prescribe as a crime within the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court an act specified in an amendment adopted under Article 121 or 123, on or after the coming into operation of this section, to Article 6, 7, 8 or 8 bis (in this Act referred to as a “relevant amendment”), whether or not such relevant amendment has entered into force.

(2) Where an order has been made under subsection (1), references to the Statute in the following provisions shall be construed as references to the Statute as amended by the relevant amendment:

(a) section 3, except in so far as that section relates to proceedings for an offence under Part 2;

(b) section 4;

(c) Parts 3 to 5;

(d) sections 58 to 59;

(e) section 63.

(3) Where an order is proposed to be made under this section, a draft of the order shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House.]