Private Security Industry Regulation Act, 2001 (Act No. 56 of 2001)

Chapter 6 : General Provisions

39. Extra-territorial application of Act and jurisdiction

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(1)Any act constituting an offence in terms of this Act and which is committed outside the Republic by any security service provider, registered or obliged to be registered in terms of this Act, is deemed to have been committed in the Republic.

 

(2)Any offence in terms of this Act is, for the purpose of determining the jurisdiction of a court to try the offence, deemed to have been committed—
(a)at the place where it was actually committed;
(b)at the place where the accused is resident; and
(c)at the place where the accused conducts his or her business.