Does the jurisdiction of a Canadian court need to be determined where an offence has allegedly been committed outside of Canada?
Manitoba, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Cooke, 1991 CanLII 11891 (MB QB):
In Libman v. The Queen (1985), 62 N.R. 161; 21 C.C.C.(3d) 206 (S.C.C.), the court had occasion to deal with a question of the territorial jurisdic tion of a Canadian court where an essential element of the offence had allegedly occurred outside of Canada.
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