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OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT 1861 - SECT 9

Murder or manslaughter abroad.

9. Where any murder or manslaughter shall be committed on land out of the
United Kingdom, whether within the Queen's dominions or without, and whether
the person killed were a subject of Her Majesty or not, every offence
committed by any subject of Her Majesty in respect of any such case, whether
the same shall amount to the offence of murder or of manslaughter, ... may be
dealt with, inquired of, tried, determined, and punished ... in ... Ireland
...: Provided, that nothing herein contained shall prevent any person from
being tried in any place out of ... Ireland for any murder or manslaughter
committed out of Ireland, in the same manner as such person might have been
tried before the passing of this Act.

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