The second part of this entry – “Offences against the law of nations committed on land or the high seas or in the air.” is new. It was an omission made in the earlier part, of the draft. With regard to the first part, we are substituting the word “crimes” for “felonies and offences“, as it is the common word used in India. “Felonies and offences” are English technical terms. We are also taking out of the first part, the words, “against the law of nations” because piracies and crimes are matters which can be regulated by any country by reason of its own legal jurisdiction and authority. It has nothing to do with the law of nations.
