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What SOVFA is:
“On the sensitive issue of criminal jurisdiction through a clear set of rules the authorities of the Receiving State have jurisdiction over visiting forces with respect to offences committed within the Receiving State and punishable by the law of the Receiving State, but not by the law of the Sending State.
Where there is concurrent jurisdiction, or where an offense is punishable under the laws of both the Receiving and Sending States, the Sending State has the primary right to exercise jurisdiction ONLY in relation to offences against its own property or security, or property of another member of the visiting forces, or offences in the course of official duty.The Receiving State has primary jurisdiction over ALL OTHER OFFENSES. An offense that falls outside official duty clearly falls under the jurisdiction of the Receiving State.
A Joint Committee composed of representatives from both the Philippines and Australia, not a military commander, is vested with the duty to resolve jurisdictional issues, if such should ever arise. Such issues may also be submitted to LOCAL JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES for resolution.
The provisions of SOVFA on criminal jurisdiction do not grant to offenders any kind of immunity from prosecution for offenses committed in the Philippines.
No offender from the visiting forces who commits a crime in the Philippines will escape justice under the SOVFA.”
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