'Jurisdiction' in document 'Bangladesh - Penal Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

THE PENAL CODE, 1860 (ACT NO. XLV OF 1860).

CHAPTER I- INTRODUCTION

3. Any person liable, by any Bangladesh Law, to be tried for an offence committed beyond Bangladesh shall be dealt with according to the provisions of this Code for any act committed beyond Bangladesh in the same manner as if such act had been committed within Bangladesh.

THE PENAL CODE, 1860 (ACT NO. XLV OF 1860).

CHAPTER I- INTRODUCTION

4. The provisions of this Code apply also to any offence committed by-

(1) any citizen of Bangladesh in any place without and beyond Bangladesh;

(2) [Omitted by Article 2 and Schedule of the Central Laws (Adaptation) Order, 1961.]

(3) [Omitted by section 3 and 2nd Schedule of the Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973 (Act No. VIII of 1973).]

(4) any person on any ship or aircraft registered in Bangladesh wherever it may be.

Explanation.-In this section the word "offence" includes every act committed outside Bangladesh which, if committed in Bangladesh, would be punishable under this Code.

THE PENAL CODE, 1860 (ACT NO. XLV OF 1860).

CHAPTER V- OF ABETMENT

[108A. A person abets an offence within the meaning of this Code who, in Bangladesh, abets the commission of any act without and beyond Bangladesh which would constitute an offence committed in Bangladesh.] Abetment in Bangladesh of offences outside it.