Pianka and Another v. The Queen

Abstract

State territory — Parts of — Territorial waters — Jurisdiction in the maritime belt — Offences contrary to Drugs law — Committed on board foreign registered ship — Territorial waters analagous to land — Resident Magistrates law — Territorial Sea Act 1971 Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958 — The law of Jamaica

State territory — Parts of — Territorial waters — Innocent passage — Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, 1958 — Article 19 — Recognition of the right of innocent passage — Qualification thereto — Liberal construction of qualifications — The law of Jamaica

Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Territorial limits of jurisdiction — Criminal law — Summary offences committed within a State's territorial waters — Sovereign legislative power — Whether absolute — Right of innocent passage — Qualifications thereof — Conviction of foreign nationals for offences committed on board a foreign registered ship — Geneva Convention on the Territorial Sea and Contiguous Zone, 1958 — Article 19 — The law of Jamaica