GENERAL PART
CHAPTER II
JURISDICTION IN CRIMINAL MATTERS
Territorial and Personal Scope
Section 3
(1) Hungarian criminal law shall apply:
a) to criminal offenses committed in Hungary;
b) to criminal offenses committed on commercial ships or watercraft sailing, or aircraft flying
under Hungarian flag outside the territory of Hungary;
c) to any act of Hungarian citizens committed abroad, which are criminalized in accordance
with Hungarian law.
(2) Hungarian criminal law shall, furthermore, apply:
a) to any act committed by non-Hungarian citizens abroad, if: aa) it is punishable as a criminal offense under Hungarian law and in accordance with the laws
of the country where committed,
ab) it is recognized as an offense against the State, excluding espionage against allied armed
forces, regardless of whether or not it is punishable in accordance with the law of the country where committed,
ac) it constitutes a criminal act under Chapter XIII or XIV, or any other criminal offenses
which are to be prosecuted under international treaty ratified by an act of Parliament;
b) to any act committed by non-Hungarian citizens abroad against a Hungarian national or against a legal person or unincorporated business association established under Hungarian law, which are punishable under Hungarian law.
(3) In the cases described in Subsection (2) criminal proceedings are opened by order of the Prosecutor General.
1. The Court has jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute.
2. If a State becomes a Party to this Statute after its entry into force, the Court may exercise its jurisdiction only with respect to crimes committed after the entry into force of this Statute for that State, unless that State has made a declaration under article 12, paragraph 3.
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.
The Court may exercise its jurisdiction with respect to a crime referred to in article 5 in accordance with the provisions of this Statute if:
(a) A situation in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed is referred to the Prosecutor by a State Party in accordance with article 14;
(b) A situation in which one or more of such crimes appears to have been committed is referred to the Prosecutor by the Security Council acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations; or
(c) The Prosecutor has initiated an investigation in respect of such a crime in accordance with article 15.