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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