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Title 1.

This Law shall be cited as the “Penal Code of the Maldives”.

This Law shall have effect in respect of the State of the Maldives, its territorial jurisdiction and every living being, tree, land, sea and every other living creature within that jurisdiction.

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3. Committing Offences Outside the Maldives

Every person on whom Maldives Law is applicable, whether he was outside the territory of the Maldives or within the jurisdiction specified in Section 1 at the time of contravening the law, shall be punished as if such offence was committed within the Maldives. Further, his trial shall be conducted in the Maldives.

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5. Foreign Nationals who Commit an Offence under this Law

Where a foreign national arrives in the Maldives after committing an offence overseas and where the Government of the country in which such person is domiciled has not requested for his extradition, the Maldivian State shall have the competence on allegation of that offence, to arrest or detain him or deport him from the Maldives or to do everything that is possible to expel him from the Maldives where it is expedient for the purposes of preserving the interests of the Maldivian people or a section thereof.