CHAPTER I
PRELIMINARY

5 Territoriality of crimes

(1) A person may be tried, convicted and punished for a crime, whether in terms of this Code or any other enactment, where the crime or an essential element of the crime was
(a) committed wholly inside Zimbabwe; or
(b) committed partly outside Zimbabwe, if the conduct that completed the crime took place inside Zimbabwe; or
(c) committed wholly or partly outside Zimbabwe, if the crime

(i) is a crime against public security in Zimbabwe or against the safety of the State of Zimbabwe; or
(ii) is a crime which—

A. has produced a harmful effect in Zimbabwe; or
B. was intended to produce a harmful effect in Zimbabwe; or
C. was committed with the realisation that there was a real risk or possibility that it might produce a harmful effect in Zimbabwe.


(2) This section does not limit the effect of any enactment which—
(a) regulates the territorial jurisdiction of any court; or
(b) makes special provision for the trial, conviction or punishment of particular extra-territorial crimes.