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CHAPTER XII
APPLICABILITY OF CRIMINAL LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOSOVO
ACCORDING TO THE PLACE OF THE COMMISSION OF THE CRIMINAL
OFFENSE
Article 114
Applicability of criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo on the territory of the
Republic of Kosovo
1. The criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo apply to any person who commits a
criminal offense wholly or partly on the territory of the Republic of Kosovo.
2. The criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo apply to any person who commits a
criminal offense on any means of air or water transport which is registered in the
Republic of Kosovo, regardless of the location of the air or water transport at the time the
criminal offense was committed.
Article 115
Applicability of criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo to specific criminal offenses
committed outside the territory of the Republic of Kosovo
1. The criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo apply to any person who commits the
following criminal offenses outside the territory of the Republic of Kosovo;
1.1. the criminal offenses provided for in Articles 148-153, 157-160, 164, 165,
166-169, 171, 173-175, 238, 241, 273-280, 293, 294, 302-304, 336 and 337 of
this Code: and,
1.2. criminal offenses which on the basis of an international agreement binding on
the Republic of Kosovo must be prosecuted even though committed abroad.
2. The criminal laws of the Republic of Kosovo apply to any person who commits a
criminal offense provided for in Articles 136-145 of this Code outside the territory of the
Republic of Kosovo where such offense constitutes a threat to the security of the
Republic of Kosovo or its population, in whole or in part.
3. The criminal laws of Kosovo apply to any person who is a national of the Republic of
Kosovo if such person commits a criminal offence outside the territory of the Republic of
Kosovo and if this act is also punishable at the place of its commission.
4. Paragraph 1 of this Article shall also apply to any person who, subsequent to the
commission of a criminal offence, becomes a resident of the Republic of Kosovo.
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