'Automatic jurisdiction' in document 'Timor-Leste - Ratification Legislation'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Section 2
Interpretative Statement

1. The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste expresses its intention to exercise, in compliance with the constitutional rules and all other national criminal legislation, jurisdiction over people found within its national territory, who have been indicted for crimes provided for in subsection 5.1 of the Statute.

RELEVANT ROME STATUTE PROVISIONS

Article 12
Preconditions to the exercise of jurisdiction
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.