'Territorial jurisdiction' in document 'Armenia - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Section Two: THE COURT

CHAPTER 6. JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL CASES

Article 47. Territorial Jurisdiction over Criminal Cases

1. A court of first instance shall have jurisdiction over cases involving offenses committed in the territory of the judicial district of the respective court of first instance.

2. It shall be presumed, that a lasting crime is committed in the territory, where it was finished. It shall be presumed, that a continuous crime was committed in that territory, where the last criminal action was committed.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 12
Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft