“torture” means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from that person or from a third person information or a confession, punishing that person for an act that either that person or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing that person or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted either by or at the instigation of, or with the consent or acquiescence of, a public official or other person acting in an official capacity.
ciallaíonn ‘ceastóireacht’ aon bheart lena gcuirtear pian léanmhar nó fulaingt léanmhar, baineadh sé leis an gcolainn nó leis an intinn, ar dhuine d'aon turas chun críoch amhail faisnéis nó admháil a bhaint as an duine sin nó as tríú duine, pionós a chur ar an duine sin mar gheall ar ghníomh a rinne sé nó a rinne tríú duine nó a bhfuil amhras go ndearna an duine sin nó tríú duine, nó imeaglú nó comhéigniú a dhéanamh ar an duine sin nó ar thríú duine, nó ar aon chúis atá bunaithe ar idirdhealú d'aon chineál, nuair is oifigeach poiblí nó duine eile atá ag gníomhú i gcáil oifigiúil a chuireann an phian sin nó an fhulaingt sin ar dhuine, nó a chuireann faoi deara é a dhéanamh, nó má dhéantar le cead nó le toiliú oifigigh phoiblí nó duine eile atá ag gníomhú i gcáil oifigiúil é.