First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER ONE
General Principles and Definitions

Article 11 :

Persons who are not subjects of Afghanistan but are residing or staying in Afghanistan shall be considered as subjects of Afghanistan for the purposes of this law, unless otherwise specified in the law.

First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER TWO
Applicability of the Law

PART ONE
Applicability of the Law from the point of view of place and persons

Article 14 :

(1) Provisions of this Law shall be applied to persons who commit crime within the area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan. The area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan encompasses any place under its jurisdiction.

(2) Afghan airplanes and ships, whether inside or outside Afghanistan, are considered from the area of Afghanistan, unless they are, according to general principles of international law, subject (to authority) of a foreign state.

First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER TWO
Applicability of the Law

PART ONE
Applicability of the Law from the point of view of place and persons

Article 15 :

Provisions of this Law are also applicable to the following persons :

2. Any person who commits one of the following crimes outside Afghanistan :

a. Crime against internal or external security of the state of Afghanistan ;
b. Crime of forgery as contained in articles 302 and 303 of this Law ;
c. Crime of counterfeiting as contained in article 310 of this Law or import of forged or counterfeited articles to Afghanistan.

First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER TWO
Applicability of the Law

PART ONE
Applicability of the Law from the point of view of place and persons

Article 16 :

(2) Provisions of this Law are also applicable to crimes committed against persons noted in the above paragraph during the performance of their assigned duties or for reasons there of.

First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER TWO
Applicability of the Law

PART ONE
Applicability of the Law from the point of view of place and persons

Article 17 :

(1) Provisions of this Law are applicable to any persons who commit a crime against Afghan or
Afghanistan's interests; outside Afghanistan.

(2) Penal claims against those committing those crimes shall be made in accordance with the provisions of tho Law of Penal Proceedings.