'Jurisdiction' in document 'Montenegro - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

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APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATIONOF MONTENEGRO

Applicability of Criminal Legislation in the Territory of Montenegro

Article 134
(1) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall be applicable to anyone who commits a criminal offence in its territory.

(2) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also be applicable to anyone who commits a criminal offence on board of a domestic ship, regardless of where the ship was located at the time of commission of a criminal offence.

(3) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also be applicable to anyone who commits a criminal offence on a domestic civil aircraft or on a domestic military aircraft regardless of where the aircraft was located at the time of commission of a criminal offence, provided that the perpetrator is a national of Montenegro.

GENERAL PART

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APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATIONOF MONTENEGRO

Applicability of Criminal Legislation of Montenegro to Perpetrators of Specific Criminal Offences Committed Abroad

Article 135

Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall be applicable to anyone who commits abroad a criminal offence referred to in Articles 357 through 369, Articles 371 through 374 and Articles 447 through 449 hereof or referred to in Art.258 hereof provided that counterfeiting refers to money that was the legal tender in Montenegro at the time of commission of the criminal offence.

GENERAL PART

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APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATIONOF MONTENEGRO

Applicability of Criminal Legislation of Montenegro to National of Montenegro who Commits Criminal Offence Abroad

Article 136

(1) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also be applicable to a national of Montenegro where he commits abroad a criminal offence other than those referred to in Art.135 hereof, provided that he is found in the territory of Montenegro or gets extradited to Montenegro.

(2) Subject to the conditions referred to in para. 1 above, the criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also apply to a perpetrator who became a national of Montenegro after the commission of a criminal offence.

GENERAL PART

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APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LEGISLATIONOF MONTENEGRO

Applicability of criminal legislation of Montenegro to Foreign Nationals who Commit criminal offence abroad

Article 137

(1) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also be applicable to a foreign national who commits outside the territory of Montenegro against Montenegro or its national a criminal offence other than those referred to in Art.135 hereof or who commits a criminal offence referred to in Articles 276a, 276b, 422, 422a, 423 and 424 hereof, in the commission of which a national of Montenegro is involved in any way, provided that he is caught in the territory of Montenegro or gets extradited to Montenegro.

(2) Criminal legislation of Montenegro shall also be applicable to a foreign national who commits a criminal offence abroad against a foreign country or a foreign national where such offence is punishable under the law of the country where it was committed by a prison term of five years or longer, provided that he is caught in the territory of Montenegro but not extradited to a foreign country. Unless otherwise provided for by this Code, in such a case a court may pronounce punishment which is more severe than the punishment provided for by the law of the country where the criminal offence was committed.