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The relevant provisions of implementing legislation: [1]
The Relevant Provisions of the Rome Statute

RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER 3
JURISDICTION AND STATUS

Jurisdiction

7. (1) Any court in the Republic may try a person for any offence under this Act in the same manner as if the offence had been committed in the area of jurisdiction of that court, notwithstanding that the act or omission to which the charge relates was committed outside the Republic.

(2) The Cabinet member responsible for the administration of justice must, in consultation with the Chief Justice of South Africa and after consultation with the National Director of Public Prosecutions, in writing designate an appropriate Court to try a person contemplated in subsection (1).