Sudan

The Criminal Act 1991

Part I
Preliminary Provisions and Enforcement of the Act

Chapter II
Enforcement of the Act

Offences committed within the Sudan

5.(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to every offence committed wholly or partly in the Sudan.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, definition of the Sudan includes its air space, its territorial waters, and all Sudanese ships and aircrafts wherever they are.

(3) The provisions of sections 78(1), 79, 85, 126, 139(1), 146(1), (2) and (3), 157, 168 and 171 shall not apply to the Southern States, unless the accused himself requests the application of the said provisions on him, or the legislative body concerned decides to the contrary.


Offences committed outside the Sudan
6.(1) The provisions of this Act shall apply to every person who commits :

(a) outside the Sudan an act which makes him a principal or joint offender in any of the following offences :-
(i) offences against the state;
(ii) offences relating to the disciplined forces;
(iii) offences relating to counterfeiting coins, or revenue stamps, where the offender is found in the Sudan;

(b) in the Sudan a joint act associated with an act committed outside the Sudan which is an offence in the Sudan, and is also an offence under the law of the state where the act is committed.

Keywords

Territorial jurisdiction - national proceedings



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