The General Part
Title I
Criminal law and its application restrictions
Chapter II
Criminal Law Application
Section 2
Criminal Law application in space
Criminal law reality
Art.12 - (1) Criminal law shall apply to offences committed outside Romanian territory by a foreign citizen or by a person without citizenship which resides in Romania, against national security or the security of the Romanian State, against a Romanian citizen or against a Romanian legal entity, if the Romanian law provides the penalty of life detention or severe detention.
(2) The initiation of criminal action against offences provided in paragraph (1) shall be done solely with prior authorisation from the General Prosecutor from the Prosecutor's Office attached to the Supreme Court of Justice.
1. A State which becomes a Party to this Statute thereby accepts the jurisdiction of the Court with respect to the crimes referred to in article 5.
2. In the case of article 13, paragraph (a) or (c), the Court may exercise its jurisdiction if one or more of the following States are Parties to this Statute or have accepted the jurisdiction of the Court in accordance with paragraph 3:
(a) The State on the territory of which the conduct in question occurred or, if the crime was committed on board a vessel or aircraft, the State of registration of that vessel or aircraft;
(b) The State of which the person accused of the crime is a national.
3. If the acceptance of a State which is not a Party to this Statute is required under paragraph 2, that State may, by declaration lodged with the Registrar, accept the exercise of jurisdiction by the Court with respect to the crime in question. The accepting State shall cooperate with the Court without any delay or exception in accordance with Part 9.