'Residence Jurisdiction' in document 'Denmark - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

GENERAL PART

Chapter 2
General Conditions Concerning the Application of the Provisions of the Criminal Law

§7 (1) Acts committed outside the territory of the Danish state by a Danish national or by a person resident in the Danish state shall also be subject to Danish criminal jurisdiction in the following circumstances, namely ;

GENERAL PART

Chapter 2
General Conditions Concerning the Application of the Provisions of the Criminal Law

§7 (3) In the circumstances referred to in Subsection (1)2), an act committed by a person who at the time of the act was a Danish national or a resident in the Danish state is, however, subject to Danish criminal jurisdiction even if it is not punishable under the law of the foreign state, when the act falls within Section 245 a or Section 246 in relation to Section 245 a of this Act.