Cap. 353 Art. 27Jurisdiction.

(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-article (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.