2013, No. 10 Crimes 11 prove that the act or omission would not have been an offence under the law of the country of which the person charged was a national or citizen at the time of the act or omission, if it had occurred in that country. (3) Where at any place beyond Samoa any person who belongs, or within three (3) months previously has belonged, to any Samoan registered ship does or omits any act, whether on shore or afloat, not being an act, or omission to which subsection (1) applies, and that act or omission would, if it occurred within Samoa, be a crime, then this section shall apply in respect of that act or omission in the same manner in all respects as if it had occurred on board a Samoan registered ship. (4) This section shall be read subject to the provisions of section 221. 8. Extraterritorial jurisdiction for offences with transnational aspects-(1) Even if the acts or omissions alleged to constitute the offence occurred wholly outside Samoa, proceedings may be brought for any offence against this Act committed in the course of committing any offence against the Prevention and Suppression of Terrorism Act 2002, or an offence against sections 146 to 152 and 154 to 157 of this Act, if the person to be charged: (a) is a Samoan citizen; or (b) is ordinarily resident in Samoa; or (c) has been found in Samoa and has not been extradited; or (d) is a body corporate, or a corporation sole, incorporated under the law of Samoa. (2) Even if the acts or omissions alleged to constitute the offence occurred wholly outside Samoa, proceedings may be brought for any offence against this Act, if the person to be charged: (a) is a Samoan citizen or an ordinary resident of Samoa; and (b) is outside of Samoa as an ambassador, diplomat, representative, envoy, attaché or employee or officer of the Government of Samoa.

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