(PROVISIONAL ORDER) LAWS OF THE NEW SUDAN THE PENAL CODE, 2003. CHAPTER 1 PRELIMINARY Section 1Title and Commencement: This Act may be cited as “The Penal Code, 2003” and shall come into effect on the date of signature. Section 2Repeal and Saving: The Penal Code, 1994, is hereby repealed; provided that all proceedings, orders and regulations taken or made there-under shall remain in force until repealed or amended in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Section 3- Punishment of Offences Committed within the New Sudan: (1) Every person shall be liable to punishment under this Code for every act or omission done within the New Sudan contrary to its provisions. (2) In the application of this Code, courts may consider the existing customary laws and practice prevailing in each area. (3) For the purpose of this Code, definition of the New Sudan includes its land, airspace, territorial waters, and all the New Sudan ships and aircrafts wherever they are. Section 4- Punishment of Offences Committed Outside the New Sudan: (1) Every person shall be liable to punishment in the New Sudan. (a) Who by any act done outside the New Sudan is a party whether as principal or abettor to any offence committed either wholly or in part in the New Sudan; or (b) Who by any act done in the New Sudan which is an offence in the New Sudan and is also an offence under any law in force in the place where the thing is done or intended to be done; or (c) Who is guilty of the commission or abetment outside the New Sudan of any of the following offences:- 1