{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:article:44","workId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:penal:2015:en","title":"Jurisdiction - Offences Committed Outside of Eritrean Territory","number":"44","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/","hierarchy":{"part":"PART I — THE GENERAL PART","book":"BOOK I — OFFENCES AND THE OFFENDER","title":null,"chapter":"Chapter 7. — Jurisdiction"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Eritrean Courts have jurisdiction with respect to any offence that is committed outside of Eritrea where:","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":49,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/49/?article=44&paragraph=lead#article-44-lead"}]},{"id":"p1","number":"1","text":"the offence is a Serious Offence in Eritrea, and is committed by an Eritrean citizen, a permanent resident of Eritrea, or by a person present in Eritrea after the commission of the offence;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p1","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":49,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/49/?article=44&paragraph=p1#article-44-p1"}]},{"id":"p2","number":"2","text":"the offence is a Serious Offence in Eritrea, and is directed against the Eritrean State, an Eritrean citizen, a permanent resident of Eritrea, or an internationally protected person in the service of Eritrea, or a member of the protected person’s family;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p2","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p2#article-44-p2"}]},{"id":"p3","number":"3","text":"the offence is committed against a private ship or aircraft, or against a person or property on board such ship or aircraft, and","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p3","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p3#article-44-p3"}]},{"id":"p3a","number":"a","parentId":"p3","text":"at the time of the offence the ship or aircraft is outside the territorial jurisdiction of any State; or","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p3a","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p3a#article-44-p3a"}]},{"id":"p3b","number":"b","parentId":"p3","text":"the ship or aircraft arrives in Eritrea with the alleged offender on board;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p3b","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p3b#article-44-p3b"}]},{"id":"p4","number":"4","text":"the offence is an offence in Eritrea and under the laws of the place where it is committed, and is committed by an employee of the Government of Eritrea, a member of the Eritrean Police, or a person who is serving abroad in the Eritrean Armed Forces, or a family member living in the same household as one of these persons;","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p4","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p4#article-44-p4"}]},{"id":"p5","number":"5","text":"the offence is one defined by Articles 215 (Counterfeiting), 370 (Aggravated Forgery) with respect to an Eritrean passport, a certificate of Eritrean citizenship or Eritrean currency, 378 (Trafficking in or Manufacture of Large Commercial Quantity of Controlled Drugs), 379 (Trafficking in or Manufacture of Commercial Quantity of Controlled Drugs), and 380 (Trafficking in or Manufacture of Controlled Drugs), or is one to which Eritrean Penal Law is made applicable by express provision or by an international agreement signed and ratified by the State of Eritrea.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/penal-code-2015/article/44/#p5","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":50,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/50/?article=44&paragraph=p5#article-44-p5"},{"sourceId":"penal-code-2015-en","pdfPage":51,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/penal-code-2015/page/51/?article=44&paragraph=p5#article-44-p5"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues this English expression as an unofficial translation; Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation."}