66. General authority of courts of Malawi
Every court has authority to cause to be brought before it any person who is in Malawi and is charged with an offence committed within Malawi or partly within and partly beyond Malawi or which according to law may be dealt with by it and to deal with the accused person according to its jurisdiction.
PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
CHAPTER III
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THIS CODE
5. Offence committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction
When an act which, if wholly done within the jurisdiction of the court, would be an offence against this Code, is done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who within the jurisdiction does or makes any part of such act may be tried and punished under this Code in the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the jurisdiction.
5. Offence committed partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction
Except as otherwise provided in this Code, when an act which, if wholly done within the jurisdiction of the court, would be an offence against this Code, is done partly within and partly beyond the jurisdiction, every person who within the jurisdiction does or takes any part in such act may be tried and punished under this Code in the same manner as if such act had been done wholly within the 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;