S. Mohammad Sadegh tabatabai; S. Hussein As’adi
Abstract
The jurisdiction of a court refers to its capacity in order to take valid
legal actions. The first of purpose the criminal law is to inflict deserved
punishment for retaliation of the committed crime. A prosecutor prosecutes
defendant which might lead to conviction. Many states including Iran claim
jurisdiction ...
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The jurisdiction of a court refers to its capacity in order to take valid
legal actions. The first of purpose the criminal law is to inflict deserved
punishment for retaliation of the committed crime. A prosecutor prosecutes
defendant which might lead to conviction. Many states including Iran claim
jurisdiction over the crimes of their own citizens even if these crimes have
been committed abroad. Moreover, it is also true for a case when an apatrid
individual commits a crime against an Iranian citizen abroad. Considerable
ambiguities and errors are observable by studying the determined
jurisdictional principles in the Criminal Procedure Code. The reason for this
ambiguity revolves around article 316 which is not clear- cut, which may
leads jurist and judges to interpretive narrowly. As principle of legitimacy of
offences provides that penal codes must be interpreted strictly and should
not be generalized through compression method, it is necessary that it
article be reformed.
