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Laws of Malaysia
Act 593
(c) A is put in fear of injury within the local limits of the jurisdiction of the
Court of X and is thereby induced within the local limits of the jurisdiction
of the Court of Y to deliver property to the person who put him in fear.
The offence of extortion committed on A may be inquired into or tried by
the Court of either X or Y.
Place of trial where act is an offence by reason of relation
to other offence
123. When an act is an offence by reason of its relation to any
other act which is also an offence or which would be an offence
if the person was capable of committing an offence a charge of
the first mentioned offence may be inquired into or tried by a
Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction either act was
done.
ILLUSTRATIONS
(a) A charge of abetment may be inquired into or tried either by the Court
within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the abetment was committed
or by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction the offence
abetted was committed.
(b) A charge of receiving or retaining stolen goods may be inquired into
or tried either by the Court within the local limits of whose jurisdiction
the goods were stolen or by the Court within the local limits of whose
jurisdiction they were at any time dishonestly received or retained.
(c) A charge of wrongfully concealing a person known to have been
kidnapped may be inquired into by the Court within the local limits of
whose jurisdiction the wrongful concealing or by the Court within the local
limits of whose jurisdiction the kidnapping took place.
Offences of escaping from custody, of criminal misappropriation
or criminal breach of trust and of stealing, where triable
124. (1) The offence of having escaped from custody may be
inquired into or tried by a Court within the local limits of whose
jurisdiction the alleged escape occurred or a Court within the local
limits of whose jurisdiction the person charged with escaping was
apprehended after the alleged escape.
(2) The offence of criminal misappropriation or of criminal
breach of trust may be inquired into or tried by a Court within
the local limits of whose jurisdiction any part of the property
which is the subject of the offence was received by the accused
person, or the offence was committed.
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