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ASDMAE RCItAE-Tribunali-02
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Royal Consular Court of Italy in Alexandria, Egypt. Criminal matters
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The scope of criminal jurisdiction is determined by articles 112, 113 and 114 of the Consular Law of 1866, which provide that:
- the consul acts as judge of misdemeanours committed by Italians within the consular district or on board merchant vessels flying the national flag (art. 112);
- consular courts act as judges of offences committed by Italians within the consular district or on board merchant vessels flying the national flag (art. 113);
- and the Assize Courts of Ancona and Genoa (Ancona for Egypt) have jurisdiction over the trial of crimes (art. 114).