10 Crimes 2013, No. 10 occurs in Samoa, the offence shall be deemed to be committed in Samoa, whether the person charged with the offence was in Samoa or not at the time of the act, omission, or event. 7. Jurisdiction in respect of crimes on ships or aircraft beyond Samoa-(1) This section applies to any act done or omitted beyond Samoa by any person: (a) on board any Samoan registered ship; or (b) on board any Samoan aircraft; or (c) on board any ship or aircraft, if that person arrives in Samoa on that ship or aircraft in the course or at the end of a journey during which the act was done or omitted; or (d) being a citizen of Samoa, on board any foreign ship (not being a ship to which he or she belongs) on the high seas; or (e) being a Samoan citizen or a person ordinarily resident in Samoa, on board any aircraft provided that paragraph (c) does not apply where the act was done or omitted by a person, not being a citizen of Samoa, on any ship or aircraft for the time being used as a ship or aircraft of any of the armed forces of any country; or (f) being a Samoan citizen or a person ordinarily resident in Samoa, on board any ship or aircraft as a servant or an officer of the Government of Samoa. (2) Where any person does or omits any act to which this section applies, and that act or omission would, if it occurred within Samoa, be a crime under this Act or under any other enactment (whether that enactment was passed before or after the commencement of this Act), then, subject to the provisions of this Act and of that other enactment, he or she shall be liable on conviction as if the act or omission had occurred in Samoa: provided that where any proceedings are taken by virtue of the jurisdiction conferred by this section it shall be a defence to

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