Criminal Law (Extraterritorial Jurisdiction) Act 2019

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Number 6 of 2019


CRIMINAL LAW (EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION) ACT 2019


CONTENTS

1. Definitions

2. Application of Act

3. Conduct engaged in outside State

4. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008

5. Short title and commencement

SCHEDULE

Text of Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011


Acts Referred to

Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 (No. 7)

Criminal Law (Jurisdiction) Act 1976 (No. 14)

Criminal Law (Rape) (Amendment) Act 1990 (No. 32)

Mercantile Marine Act 1955 (No. 29)

Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997 (No. 26)

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Number 6 of 2019


CRIMINAL LAW (EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION) ACT 2019


An Act to extend the criminal law of the State to certain conduct engaged in outside the State and in that regard to give effect to certain provisions of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence done at Istanbul on 11 May 2011; for that purpose to amend the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Act 2008 ; and to provide for related matters.

[5th March , 2019]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: