Cap. 353 Art. 15Jurisdiction.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subarticle (2) where an offence under this Part is committed outside Malta, the person committing such offence may be dealt with in respect thereof as if such offence had been committed in Malta.

(2) Without prejudice to the provisions of article 5 of the Criminal Code, the Maltese courts shall also have jurisdiction over the said offences where:

(a) the offence is committed against an aircraft registered in Malta; or

(b) the aircraft on board of which the offence is committed lands in Malta with the offender still on board; or

(c) the offence is committed against or on board an aircraft which is leased without crew to a lessee who has his principal place of business or, where he has no such place of business, his permanent residence, in Malta; or

(d) the offender is a Maltese national; or

(e) the offence was committed against a Maltese national; or

(f) the offence was committed by a stateless person whose habitual residence is in Malta. commencement of this Act.

(2) For the purposes of the application of the Extradition Act, to offences under this Part, any aircraft registered in a Convention country shall, at any time while that aircraft is in service, be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of that country whether or not it is for the time being also within the jurisdiction of any other country.

(3) Where the Extradition Act does not apply in the case of any

State which is a party to The Hague Convention, the Minister may make an order providing for the Extradition Act to apply in the case of that State with like effect and subject to like terms and conditions as if authorised by articles 4 and 7 of the Extradition Act and, for the purposes of any such order, that Convention shall be equivalent to the designation of a Commonwealth country under the said article 4 and shall be treated as an arrangement such as is mentioned in the said article 7.

(4) Where the Extradition Act applies to any State by virtue only of an order made under subarticle (3), no application for extradition by that State shall relate to any extradition crimes within the meaning of the Extradition Act except offences deemed to be included in the list of extradition crimes pursuant to subarticle (1).