Criminal Justice (Offences Relating to Information Systems) Act 2017
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Jurisdiction | ||
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10 (1) A person may be tried in the State for a relevant offence in relation to an act, to which this subsection applies by virtue of subsection (2), committed, whether in whole or in part— | ||
(a) by the person in the State in relation to an information system outside the State, | ||
(b) by the person outside the State in relation to an information system in the State, or | ||
(c) by the person outside the State in relation to an information system outside the State if— | ||
(i) that person is a person to whom this subparagraph applies by virtue of subsection (3), and | ||
(ii) the act is an offence under the law of the place where the act was committed. | ||
(2) Subsection (1) applies to an act which, if it had been committed by a person in the State in relation to an information system in the State, would constitute a relevant offence. | ||
(3) Subsection (1)(c)(i) applies to each of the following persons: | ||
(a) an Irish citizen; | ||
(b) a person ordinarily resident in the State; | ||
(c) a body corporate established under the law of the State; | ||
(d) a company formed and registered under the Companies Act 2014 ; | ||
(e) an existing company within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 . | ||
(4) For the purpose of this section, a person shall be deemed to be ordinarily resident in the State if he or she has had his or her principal residence in the State for the period of 12 months immediately preceding the alleged commission of the relevant offence concerned. | ||
(5) Proceedings for an offence to which subsection (1)(c) applies may be taken in any place in the State and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed in that place. |