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Structural division: BOOK I › CHAPTER II › Sub-section I
Article 15 — Crimes Committed in a .Foreign Country by a
Revised Criminal Code (English)
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Member of the Defence Forces.
(1) Where a member of the Ethiopian Defence Forces in such capacity commits a crime against the ordinary law In a foreign country he shall be subject to the ordinary law and territorial jurisdiction if he is arrested and tried in the country where the crime was committed. If he has taken refuge in Ethiopia, he shall be tried in accordance with the provision of Article 21
(2) of this Code.
(2) In cases of crimes against international law and specifically military crimes as defined in Article 269322, the member of the Defence Forces shall remain subject to national law, and be tried under the provisions of this Code by Ethiopian military courts.
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Exception: Application of the More Favourable Law.