CHAPTER 1
General Explanations
Title 1.
This Law shall be cited as the “Penal Code of the Maldives”.
This Law shall have effect in respect of the State of the Maldives, its territorial jurisdiction and every living being, tree, land, sea and every other living creature within that jurisdiction.
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;