Is it true there are no laws on the middle of the ocean? Could you murder someone and go unpunished since where you committed it and when you committed it, it was not illegal?

woody156

Crimes committed on the high seas can be prosecuted as if they happened in the country in which the culprit finds himself afterward. [May 22 04 3:14 PM] woody156 writes: an excerpt from the Criminal Code of Canada: "(2.1) Notwithstanding anything in this Act or any other Act, every one who commits an act or omission outside Canada against or on board a fixed platform attached to the continental shelf of any state or against or on board a ship navigating or scheduled to navigate beyond the territorial sea of any state, that if committed in Canada would constitute an offence against, a conspiracy or an attempt to commit an offence against, or being an accessory after the fact or counselling in relation to an offence against, section 78.1, shall be deemed to commit that act or omission in Canada if it is committed (a) against or on board a fixed platform attached to the continental shelf of Canada; (b) against or on board a ship registered or licensed, or for which an identification number has been issued, pursuant to any Act of Parliament; (c) by a Canadian citizen; (d) by a person who is not a citizen of any state and who ordinarily resides in Canada; (e) by a person who is, after the commission of the offence, present in Canada; (f) in such a way as to seize, injure or kill, or threaten to injure or kill, a Canadian citizen; or (g) in an attempt to compel the Government of Canada to do or refrain from doing any act." So, according to Canadian law, if the accused or victim are Canadian ( and I assume other countries have similar laws)or end up in Canada, or the ship is Canadian, and the offence is one listed in the Criminal Code, the person may be tried in Canada under Canadian law. May 22 04, 12:35 PM

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