PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

Jurisdiction to Try International Crimes
8. (1) Proceedings may be brought for an offence—

(a) against section 9 or 10, if the act
constituting the offence charged is alleged
to have occurred—
(i) on or after the commencement of this section; or
(ii) on or after the applicable date but before the commencement of this section, and would have been an offence under the law of Trinidad and Tobago in force at the time the act occurred, had it occurred in Trinidad and Tobago;
(b) against section 11, if the act constituting the offence charged is alleged to have occurred on or after the commencement of this sec¬tion; and
(c) against section 9, 11 or 19 regardless of—
(i) the nationality or citizenship of the person accused;
(ii) whether or not any act forming part of the offence occurred in Trinidad and Tobago; or
(iii) whether or not the person accused was in Trinidad and Tobago at the time that the act constituting the offence occurred or at the time a decision was made to charge that person with an offence.

PART II
INTERNATIONAL CRIMES AND OFFENCES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

Jurisdiction in respect of international crimes

Jurisdiction to Try International Crimes
8.

(4)In subsection (1)(a)(ii), applicable date means—
(a) in relation to an offence against section 9, 31st January, 1977; or
(b) in relation to an offence against section 10, 1st January, 1991.

Article 11
Jurisdiction ratione temporis
1. The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute.
2. If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force, the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State, unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.