Chapter two
General provisions
Article 2
Crimes of terrorism and its financing are considered major crimes requiring detention.
Article 3
Notwithstanding the principle of territoriality, the provisions of this law shall apply to any person, Saudi or non-Saudi, who commits, aids, attempts, instigates, participates or conspires to commit -outside the Kingdom- a crime provided for in this law, and is not tried for, if such crime aims to:
1. Change the government system in the Kingdom.
2. Suspend the Basic Law of Government or some of its articles.
3. Coerce the state into a particular action or inaction.
4. Assault Saudi citizens abroad.
5. Cause damage to state properties aboard, including embassies or other diplomatic or consular premises.
6. Carry out a terrorist act on board any means of transport registered in the Kingdom or carrying its flag; or
7. Undermine the interests of the kingdom, its economy.