Afghanistan

Penal Code

First Book
General Provisions

Section One
Preliminary Provisions

CHAPTER TWO
Applicability of the Law

PART ONE
Applicability of the Law from the point of view of place and persons

Article 14 :

(1) Provisions of this Law shall be applied to persons who commit crime within the area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan. The area of the Republican Government of Afghanistan encompasses any place under its jurisdiction.

(2) Afghan airplanes and ships, whether inside or outside Afghanistan, are considered from the area of Afghanistan, unless they are, according to general principles of international law, subject (to authority) of a foreign state.

Keywords

Jurisdiction
Territorial jurisdiction - national proceedings



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