Section 2: Extra-territorial application of the Act

1) Any person who commits any of the following offences outside Nepal shall be punished under this Act as if he or she committed such offence in Nepal:

(a) Any offence under Chapter 1 of Part 2 except Section 54,

(b) Any offence under Chapter 17 of Part 2 committed by kidnapping any person from Nepal,

(c) Any offence under Sections 167, 276 and 279,

(d) Any offence under Chapters 22 and 23 of Part 2 committed with intent to bring into use in or import into Nepal,

(e) Any offence under this Act committed in the course of discharging duties of any position in the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level or a body corporate under full or majority ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level.

2) Any person who commits an offence under this Act on board an aircraft or ship registered in Nepal while it is outside Nepal shall be punished under this Act as if he or she committed the offence in Nepal.

3) Any Nepali citizen who commits any of the following offences against a Nepali citizen outside Nepal shall be punished under this Act as if he or she committed the offence in Nepal:

(a) Murder, or attempt to, abetment of, or conspiracy to, murder,

(b) Abandonment of the helpless person,

(c) Grievous hurt,

(d) Kidnapping, hostage-taking or illegal detention,

(e) Rape or incest,

(f) Criminal mischief against the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level or a body corporate under full or majority ownership or control of the Government of Nepal, State Government or Local Level, extortion, criminal breach of trust, forgery, theft, deception, robbery or criminal misappropriation of property,

(g) Offence under Section 158,

(h) Offences relating to marriage under Chapter-11 of Part 2,

(i) Food and drug adulteration with the intention of importing into Nepal,

(j) Offences relating to medical treatment under Sections 231, 232 and 233,

(k) Offence under Chapter-2 of Part 3.