Law on Counter Terrorism, Articles 10 and 11 (2007)

Chapter 2. Jurisdiction

Article 10. Cambodian jurisdiction under this Law

This Law shall apply in any of the following cases:

(a) the conduct constituting the offence occurs:

1. in the territory of Cambodia, including its territorial sea and its airspace, which are linked to the territory of the Kingdom of Cambodia; or
2. on board a ship or aircraft registered in the Kingdom of Cambodia, no matter where they are located; or
3. on board a ship or aircraft operated by the Royal Government of Cambodia; or
4. on board a foreign ship, if the ship enters Cambodia’s territorial waters with the alleged offender on board the ship; or
5. on board a foreign ship whereby the Cambodian authority is authorised to inspect or restrain in response to a request from a foreign State; or
6. on board a foreign aircraft if the aircraft lands in the Kingdom of Cambodia with the alleged offender on board the aircraft; or
7. on board an aircraft that is leased without crew to a person who has his or her principal place of business in the Kingdom of Cambodia, or has his or her permanent residence in the Kingdom of Cambodia;
8. against an embassy, diplomatic or consular premises or any other property of the Royal Government of Cambodia in any other State.

(b) the alleged offence is committed:

1. by a Cambodian national, whether the act constituting the alleged offence is committed within or outside Cambodia; or
2. against a national of Cambodia, whether the act constituting the alleged offence is committed within or outside Cambodia; or
3. against an internationally protected person who has that status because he or she exercises functions on behalf of Cambodia; or
4. by a stateless person whose habitual residence is in the Kingdom of Cambodia, whether the act constituting the alleged offence is committed within or outside Cambodia; or
5. in an attempt to compel the Government of Cambodia to do, or abstain from doing any act, whether the act constituting the alleged offence is committed within or outside Cambodia or in a foreign State.

Article 11

Enforcement of this Law over a terrorist act which involved person(s) present in the Kingdom of Cambodia

(1) This Law applies to any person present in the Kingdom of Cambodia if the following two conditions are satisfied:

1.  the person has engaged in conduct in a foreign State; and
2.  the conduct, if it occurred in the Kingdom of Cambodia, would constitute an offence under this Law.

(2) The person mentioned in Paragraph (1) above must either be:

1. extradited to a State which has jurisdiction in relation to the offence; or
2. prosecuted for the offence by the Cambodian jurisdiction.

(3) Conduct committed in a foreign State that constitutes an offence under the law of the requesting State that corresponds to an offence under this Law shall be considered an extraditable offence. Where extradition does not occur, the person shall be prosecuted in Kingdom of Cambodia as if the offence were committed not only in the place in which it was committed but also in the Kingdom of Cambodia.

link to full text of the Law on Counter-Terrorism: Cambodia-Law on Counter Terrorism-2007-eng