Criminal Code Act. Australia
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Название: Criminal Code Act
Автор: Australia
Издательство: Проспект
Жанр: Юриспруденция, право
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15.4 Extended geographical jurisdiction — category D
If a law of the Commonwealth provides that this section applies to a particular offence, the offence applies:
(a) whether or not the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Australia; and
(b) whether or not a result of the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs in Australia.
Note: The expression offence is given an extended meaning by subsections 11.2(1) and 11.2A(1), section 11.3 and subsection 11.6(1).
Division 16
Miscellaneous
16.1 Attorney-General’s consent required for prosecution if alleged conduct occurs wholly in a foreign country in certain circumstances
(1) Proceedings for an offence must not be commenced without the Attorney-General’s written consent if:
(a) section 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 or 15.4 applies to the offence; and
(b) the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs wholly in a foreign country; and
(c) at the time of the alleged offence, the person alleged to have committed the offence is neither:
(i) an Australian citizen; nor
(ii) a body corporate incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory.
(2) However, a person may be arrested for, charged with, or remanded in custody or released on bail in connection with an offence before the necessary consent has been given.
16.2 When conduct taken to occur partly in Australia
Sending things
(1) For the purposes of this Part, if a person sends a thing, or causes a thing to be sent:
(a) from a point outside Australia to a point in Australia; or
(b) from a point in Australia to a point outside Australia;
that conduct is taken to have occurred partly in Australia.
Sending electronic communications
(2) For the purposes of this Part, if a person sends, or causes to be sent, an electronic communication:
(a) from a point outside Australia to a point in Australia; or
(b) from a point in Australia to a point outside Australia;
that conduct is taken to have occurred partly in Australia.
Point
(3) For the purposes of this section, point includes a mobile or potentially mobile point, whether on land, underground, in the atmosphere, underwater, at sea or anywhere else.
16.3 Meaning of Australia
(1) For the purposes of the application of this Part to a particular primary offence, Australia has the same meaning it would have if it were used in a geographical sense in the provision creating the primary offence.
(2) For the purposes of the application of this Part to a particular ancillary offence, Australia has the same meaning it would have if it were used in a geographical sense in the provision creating the primary offence to which the ancillary offence relates.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, if a provision creating an offence extends to an external Territory, it is to be assumed that if the expression Australia were used in a geographical sense in that provision, that expression would include that external Territory.
(4) This section does not affect the meaning of the expressions Australian aircraft, Australian citizen or Australian ship.
16.4 Result of conduct
A reference in this Part to a result of conduct constituting an offence is a reference to a result that is a physical element of the offence (within the meaning of subsection 4.1(1)).
Chapter 4 The integrity and security of the international community and foreign governments
Division 70
Bribery of foreign public officials
70.1 Definitions
In this Division:
benefit includes any advantage and is not limited to property.
business advantage means an advantage in the conduct of business.
control, in relation to a company, body or association, includes control as a result of, or by means of, trusts, agreements, arrangements, understandings and practices, whether or not having legal or equitable force and whether or not based on legal or equitable rights.
duty, in relation to a foreign public official, means any authority, duty, function or power that:
(a) is conferred on the official; or
(b) that the official holds himself or herself out as having.
foreign government body means:
(a) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country; or
(b) an authority of the government of a foreign country; or
(c) an authority of the government of part of a foreign country; or
(d) a foreign local government body or foreign regional government body; or
(e) a foreign public enterprise.
foreign public enterprise means a company or any other body or association where:
(a) in the case of a company — one of the following applies:
(i) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country holds more than 50 % of the issued share capital of the company;
(ii) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country holds more than 50 % of the voting power in the company;
(iii) the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country is in a position to appoint more than 50 % of the company’s board of directors;
(iv) the directors (however described) of the company are accustomed or under an obligation (whether formal or informal) to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the government of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country;
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