'Repetition of criminal offences' in document 'Cape Verde - Criminal Procedure Code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CODE OF PENAL PROCEDURE OF CAPE VERDE

PART ONE

PRELIMINARY VOLUME

FOUNDATIONS OF PENAL PROCEDURE

TITLE IV - JURISDICTION AND COMPETENCE

CHAPTER II - TERRITORIAL COMPETENCE

Article 35
General rules

1. The court within whose territory a crime is determined to have been committed shall be competent to hear the corresponding case.

2. If the crime is committed by means of successive or repeated acts, or by means of a single act that can be prolonged over a period of time, the competent court shall be the court in whose territory the last act was committed or in whose territory the commission of the crime ceased.

3. If the crime is determined to have been committed in a different place from the place where the crime had the result that the law seeks to prevent, even though the commission of the crime has been completed, the competent court shall be the court in whose territory the result or completion of the crime took place.

4. In the case of an attempted crime or punishable preparatory act, the competent court shall be the court in whose territory the last act of the attempted crime or last preparatory act took place.