Commentary on Sections Part 12: Bribery and Corruption Section 109 Bribery and corruption committed outside the UK
289.This section gives the courts extra-territorial jurisdiction over bribery and corruption offences committed abroad by UK nationals and bodies incorporated under UK law. It enables the offences specified in subsection (3), when committed by UK nationals and bodies incorporated under UK law, to be prosecuted here, wherever those offences take place.
290.“UK national” is defined in subsection (4) in the same way as in section 67 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001.
291.As regards legal persons, the section applies to any body incorporated under the law of any part of the UK (subsection (1)). It thus applies not only to companies but also, for example, to limited liability partnerships.