Germany

Criminal Code (Strafgesetzbuch, StGB)

GENERAL PART

CHAPTER ONE
THE CRIMINAL LAW

FIRST TITLE
APPLICATION, JURISDICTION RATIONE LOCI ET TEMPORIS

Section 7
Offences committed abroad—other cases

(2) German criminal law shall apply to other offences committed abroad if the act is a criminal offence at the locality of its commission or if that locality is not subject to any criminal law jurisdiction, and if the offender :

2. was a foreigner at the time of the offence, is discovered in Germany and, although the Extradition Act would permit extradition for such an offence, is not extradited because a request for extradition within a reasonable period of time is not made, is rejected, or the extradition is not feasible.

Keywords

Jurisdiction of custodial State or State where present



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