'Jurisdiction of custodial State or State where present' in document 'Malawi - Penal code'

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RELEVANT SECTIONS OF THE IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER III
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THIS CODE

6. Jurisdiction and procedure in respect of certain offences committed in countries outside Malawi

(2) A person may be proceeded against, charged, tried and punished for an offence against this section in any place in Malawi in which he is apprehended or is in custody as if the offence had been committed in that place; and the offence shall, for all purposes incidental to or consequential on the trial or punishment thereof, be deemed to have been committed in that place.