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Protection of Information Act, 1982 (Act No. 84 of 1982)

11. Extra-territorial application of Act, and jurisdiction

 

(1) Any act constituting an offence under this Act and which is committed outside the Republic by any South African citizen or any person domiciled in the Republic shall be deemed to have been committed also in the Republic.

 

(2) Any offence under this Act shall, for the purposes of determining the jurisdiction of a court to try the offence, be deemed to have been committed at a place where it actually was committed and also at any place where the accused happens to be.