# The Falkland Islands Courts (Overseas Jurisdiction) Order 1989, Article 7: Application of Falkland Islands Constitution to Territory offences.


In relation to a case in which proceedings for a criminal offence under the law of a Territory are being pursued before a court of the Falkland Islands under any provision of this Order, or in which such proceedings are in contemplation, or in which a person has been convicted in such proceedings, references in the Constitution to—
(a) a criminal offence shall be construed as including references to a criminal offence under the law of the Territory;
(b) an order of a court shall be construed as including references to an order of a court of the Territory; and
(c) authority of law for the deprivation of a person’s personal liberty shall be construed as including references to any law of the Territory authorising such deprivation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2399/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/falkland-islands-courts-overseas-jurisdiction-order-1989/article-7
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