4°) in the place where one of the acts is committed, the repetition of which is necessary to
constitute the offence;
5°) in the place of the act, its immediate purpose or result.
The attempt is deemed to have been committed in the place where the act that constitutes the
actus reus element, as defined in article 28, is committed.
Article 22: Foreign criminal sentences can be taken into consideration for the granting and
revocation of suspended penalties, recidivism, the application of security measures, incapacities
and loss of rights, rehabilitation, reparations, restitutions or other civil effects, as well as for all
other legal consequences provided for by this Law.
This consideration is subject to the condition that the foreign sentence has been pronounced in
relation to offences considered as felonies or misdemeanors under Ivorian law, that it was
ordered by an ordinary court and not from a specialized court, and that its regularity, its
definitive nature and its conformity with Ivorian public order have been established by the judge
on basis of a certified document from the criminal record or an official document from the
foreign judicial authority.
CHAPTER 2: APPLICATION OF CRIMINAL LAW IN TIME
Article 23: No one shall be prosecuted or tried for an act which, under a new law, no longer
constitutes an offence.
If, prior to this law, penalties and security measures have been pronounced for this act, their
execution shall be terminated, with the exception of placement in a care home and confiscation
as a police measure.
However, in case of infringement of a criminal provision sanctioning a prohibition or an
obligation for a specific period of time, the prosecution shall be validly initiated or continued and
the penalties and security measures executed, notwithstanding the end of this period.
Article 24: Any new provisions are applicable to offences committed before their coming into
force and which have not led to a res judicata conviction, when they are less severe than the
previous provisions
However, offences committed before the entry into force of the new criminal provision shall
continue to be tried in accordance with the previous law.
Any law providing for a security measure is immediately applicable to offences which have not
been the subject of a final conviction, even where the former legislation provided for the
application of a penalty in place of the security measure.