PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

TITLE 1
Introductory Provisions

3. Operation of common law rules and principles.

Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any other statute for the time being in force, all the rules and principles of the common law relating to indictable offences and other criminal matters shall, so far as they are applicable to the circumstances of Guyana, be in force therein :
Provided that nothing in this section shall extend to cause any attainder, forfeiture, or escheat.

4. Acts done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction.

Where an act which, if done wholly within the jurisdiction of the Court, would be an indictable offence is done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who, within the jurisdiction does or abets any part of that act shall be liable to be prosecuted and convicted and punished for that offence in the same manner as if the act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction.

5. (1) All indictable offences mentioned in this Act which are committed within the Admiralty jurisdiction of the Court and are cognizable by the Court shall be deemed to be offences of the same nature and liable to the same punishments as if they had been committed in Guyana, and may be dealt with, inquired of, tried, and determined therein in the same manner in all respects as if they had been actually committed therein.

(2) In any indictment relating to any of those offences, the venue in the margin shall be the same as if the offence had been committed in the county of Guyana in which the offence is tried, and the offence shall be averred to have been committed on the high seas :
Provided that nothing herein contained shall alter or affect any of the laws relating to the government of the Guyana Defence Force.