'Passive personality jurisdiction' in document 'Romania - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

The General Part

Title I
Criminal law and its application restrictions

Chapter II
Criminal Law Application

Section 2
Criminal Law application in space

Criminal law reality

Art.12 - (1) Criminal law shall apply to offences committed outside Romanian territory by a foreign citizen or by a person without citizenship which resides in Romania, against national security or the security of the Romanian State, against a Romanian citizen or against a Romanian legal entity, if the Romanian law provides the penalty of life detention or severe detention.

(2) The initiation of criminal action against offences provided in paragraph (1) shall be done solely with prior authorisation from the General Prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Supreme Court of Justice.