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Article 3

No: M/21 Date(g): 1/11/2017 | Date(h): 12/2/1439 Status: In-Force
Notwithstanding the principle of territoriality, the provisions of this Law shall apply to any person, Saudi or non-Saudi, who commits, aids, attempts, instigates, participates or conspires to commit - outside the Kingdom - a crime provided for in this Law, and is not tried for such crime, if such crime aims to: 
 
1.Change the government system in the Kingdom,
 
2.Suspend the Basic Law of Governance or some of its articles,
 
3.Coerce the State into a particular action or inaction,
 
4.Assault Saudi citizens abroad,
 
5.Cause damage to State properties abroad, including embassies or other diplomatic or consular premises,
 
6.Carry out a terrorist crime on board any means of transport registered in the Kingdom or carrying its flag, or
 
7.Undermine the interests of the Kingdom, its economy or national or societal security.