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| (1) A person accused of an offence committed on or over the territorial waters of Sri Lanka or on the high seas, or on board any ship or upon any aircraft may be tried in any court. |
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| (2) A person accused of an offence committed by reason of anything which has been done and of any consequence which has ensued, may be tried by a court within whose jurisdiction such thing was or such consequence ensued. |
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| (3) When a person is alleged to have committed an act which is an offence by reason of its relation to any other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence if he was capable of committing an offence, he may be tried by a court within whose jurisdiction either act was committed. |
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| (4) A person accused of the offence of escaping from custody may be tried either by a court within whose jurisdiction he is or by a court within whose jurisdiction the offence was committed. |
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| (5) A person accused of the offence of misappropriation or of criminal breach of trust may be tried either by a court within whose jurisdiction any part of the property which is the subject of the offence was received by him or by a court within whose jurisdiction the offence was committed. |
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| (6) A person accused of the offence of stealing may be tried by a court within whose jurisdiction such thing was stolen or was possessed by him or by any other person who received or retained the same knowing or having reason to believe it to be stolen. |
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| (7) When it is uncertain in which of several local areas an offence was committed, or where an offence is committed partly in one local area and partly in another , or where an offence is a continuing one and continues to be committed in more local areas than one, or where it consists of several acts done in different local areas, it may be tried by a court having Jurisdiction over any of such local areas. |
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| (8) A person accused of an offence committed in the course of performing a journey or voyage may be tried by a court through or into whose jurisdiction he or the person against whom or the thing in respect was committed passed in the course of that journey or voyage. |
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| (9) A person accused of an offence committed against the provisions of any law relating to public transport, telecommunications, postal services, or arms, ammunition and offensive weapons may be tried by any court, whether or not the offence was committed within its jurisdiction, provided that the offender was found within the jurisdiction of such court. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts