'Territorial jurisdiction - national proceedings' in document 'Slovakia - Criminal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART ONE
GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
SCOPE OF THE ACT AND FOUNDATIONS OF CRIMINAL LIABILITY

Title One
Criminal Code and its Scope

Section 3
Territorial Applicability

(1) This Act shall be applied to determine the criminal liability for an act committed on the territory of the Slovak Republic.

(2) The criminal offence is considered as having been committed on the territory of the Slovak Republic even if the offender

a) committed the act, at least in part, on its territory, if the actual breach of or threat to an interest protected under this Act took place or was intended to take place, in whole or in part, outside of its territory, or
b) committed the act outside of the territory of the Slovak Republic, if the actual breach of or threat to an interest protected under this Act was intended to take place on its territory, or such a consequence should have taken place, at least in part, on its territory.

(3) This Act shall also be applied to determine the criminal liability for an act committed outside of the territory of the Slovak Republic aboard a vessel navigating under the State flag of the Slovak Republic, or aboard an aircraft entered in the aircraft register of the Slovak Republic.