Section 7
Jurisdiction
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Section 7
Subject to the provisions of this Code, the jurisdiction of the High
Court and a Court of a Magistrate in criminal matters shall extend to any offence committed -
(a)
wholly or partly within Brunei Darussalam;
(b)
on board any ship registered in Brunei Darussalam;
(c)
on board any aircraft registered in Brunei Darussalam;
(d)
on the high seas if the offence is piracy by the law of nations;
(e)
by any person outside Brunei Darussalam who abets, or enters a conspiracy to commit, an offence within Brunei
Darussalam, whether or not any overt act in furtherance of such conspiracy takes place within Brunei Darussalam; or by a subject of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan, whether the offence was committed within or outside
Brunei Darussalam.