Here Is Why Marry Chiwenga Can Be Convicted For Crimes Committed In South Africa {Full Text}

5 Territoriality of crimes

(1) A person may be tried, convicted and punished for a crime, whether in terms of this Code or any other enactment, where the crime or an essential element of the crime was
(a) committed wholly inside Zimbabwe; or
(b) committed partly outside Zimbabwe, if the conduct that completed the crime took place
inside Zimbabwe; or
(c) committed wholly or partly outside Zimbabwe, if the crime
(i) is a crime against public security in Zimbabwe or against the safety of the State of
Zimbabwe or (ii) is a crime which;
A. has produced a harmful effect in Zimbabwe, or B. was intended to produce a harmful effect in Zimbabwe, or C. was committed with the realisation that there was a real risk or possibility that it might produce a harmful effect in Zimbabwe.

(2) This section does not limit the effect of any enactment which
(a) regulates the territorial jurisdiction of any court; or
(b) makes special provision for the trial, conviction or punishment of particular extra-territorial crimes.

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