South Africa

Implementation of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (Act No. 27 of 2002)

CHAPTER 2
JURISDICTION OF SOUTH AFRICAN COURTS AND INSTITUTION OF PROSECUTIONS IN SOUTH AFRICAN COURTS IN RESPECT OF CRIMES (ss 4-5)

[a27y2002s4]4 Jurisdiction of South African courts in respect of crimes

(3) In order to secure the jurisdiction of a South African court for purposes of this Chapter, any person who commits a crime contemplated in subsection (1) outside the territory of the Republic, is deemed to have committed that crime in the territory of the Republic if-

(a) that person is a South African citizen; or

(b) that person is not a South African citizen but is ordinarily resident in the Republic; or

(c) that person, after the commission of the crime, is present in the territory of the Republic; or

(d) that person has committed the said crime against a South African citizen or against a person who is ordinarily resident in the Republic.

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