Armenia

Criminal Procedure Code of the Republic of Armenia

GENERAL PART

Section Two: THE COURT

CHAPTER 6. JURISDICTION OVER CRIMINAL CASES

Article 47. Territorial Jurisdiction over Criminal Cases

1. A court of first instance shall have jurisdiction over cases involving offenses committed in the territory of the judicial district of the respective court of first instance.

2. It shall be presumed, that a lasting crime is committed in the territory, where it was finished. It shall be presumed, that a continuous crime was committed in that territory, where the last criminal action was committed.

3. The case involving a crime committed abroad, is subject to the jurisdiction of the court, in the judicial district of which the accused had his last residence, and if it is impossible to determine the last place of residence, then the case shall be subject to the jurisdiction of that court, in the judicial district of which the pre-trial proceedings of the case were accomplished.

Keywords

Territorial jurisdiction - national proceedings



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