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(b)

any second or subsequent contravention of section 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 or 10, the
maximum period of imprisonment prescribed by the section which is
contravened.

Savings

24.

The provisions of this Chapter do not affect criminal liability in terms of the

common law or any other legislation.

CHAPTER 3

JURISDICTION

Jurisdiction

25.

(1)

A court in the Republic trying an offence in terms of this Act has

jurisdiction where—
(a)

the offence was committed in the Republic;

(b)

any act or omission in preparation for the offence or any part of the offence was
committed in the Republic, or where any result of the offence has had an effect in
the Republic;

(c)

the offence was committed in the Republic or outside the Republic by a South
African citizen or a person with permanent residence in the Republic or by a
person carrying on business in the Republic; or

(d)

the offence was committed on board any ship or aircraft registered in the
Republic or on a voyage or flight to or from the Republic at the time that the
offence was committed.
(2)

If the act or omission alleged to constitute an offence under this Act

occurred outside the Republic, a court of the Republic, regardless of whether or not the

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