72 Offences against the person committed outside the UK: England and Wales
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Offences committed outside the UK

72  Offences against the person committed outside the UK: England and Wales

(1)     If—

(a)     a person who is a United Kingdom national or is habitually resident in England and Wales does an act in a country outside the United Kingdom,

(b)     the act constitutes an offence under the law in force in that country, and

(c)     the act, if done in England and Wales, would constitute an offence to which this subsection applies,

the person is guilty in England and Wales of that offence.

(2)

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