'Nationality jurisdiction - national proceedings' in document 'Fiji - Crimes decree 2009'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

CHAPTER I — GENERAL PROVISIONS

PART 3 — TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THE CRIMINAL LAWS
Extent of jurisdiction of Fiji’s courts

Extended geographical jurisdiction

8.— (1) The provisions of this Decree or any other Act or Decree prescribing an offence may extend the standard geographical jurisdiction to be applied to that offence by providing that the offence may be committed by —

(a) any citizen of Fiji in any place outside of Fiji ;
(b) any corporation registered in Fiji in any place outside of Fiji ;
(c) any resident of Fiji in any place outside of Fiji ;

(2) Any provision of this Decree or any other Act which extends the geographical jurisdiction under sub-section (1) may specifically make the extension of geographical jurisdiction conditional upon there being no comparable offence in the foreign jurisdiction where the citizen, corporation or resident committed the offence.