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The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

BOOK I-GENERAL PART

TITLE I-THE CRIMINAL LAW

SINGLE CHAPTER-GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 4
Territorial applicability. General Principle.

Except when it is contrary to international treaties or conventions, Portuguese penal law is applicable to acts committed:
a) In Portuguese territory, regardless of the nationality of the agent; or
b) On board of Portuguese ships or aircrafts.

BOOK I-GENERAL PART

TITLE I-THE CRIMINAL LAW

SINGLE CHAPTER-GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 7
Place of the commission of act

1- An act is considered as committed, as well in the place where, totally or partially, under whatever form of complicity, the agent has acted, or, in case of omission, should have acted, as in the place where the typical result, or the result not included in the type of the crime, has been produced.
2- In case of attempt, the act is equally considered as having been perpetrated in the place where, according to the representation of the agent, the result should have been produced.