Part VI Miscellaneous

F1Extra-territorial jurisdiction for other terrorist offences etc.

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Amendments (Textual)
F1

Ss. 63A-63E and preceding cross-heading inserted (26.4.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 52; S.I. 2004/786, art. 3

63BTerrorist attacks abroad by UK nationals or residents: jurisdiction

1

If—

a

a United Kingdom national or a United Kingdom resident does anything outside the United Kingdom as an act of terrorism or for the purposes of terrorism, and

b

his action, if done in any part of the United Kingdom, would have constituted an offence listed in subsection (2),

he shall be guilty in that part of the United Kingdom of the offence.

2

These are the offences—

a

murder, manslaughter, culpable homicide, rape, assault causing injury, assault to injury, kidnapping, abduction or false imprisonment,

b

an offence under section 4, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 28, 29, 30 or 64 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861,

c

an offence under any of sections 1 to 5 of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981,

d

the uttering of a forged document or an offence under section 46A of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995,

e

an offence under section 1 or 2 of the Criminal Damage Act 1971,

f

an offence under Article 3 or 4 of the Criminal Damage (Northern Ireland) Order 1977,

g

malicious mischief,

h

wilful fire-raising.