(1) Where-
(a) an act takes place on the high seas or in any other place outside Hong Kong;
(b) the person against or in relation to whom the act is committed or took place dies in Hong Kong as a result of the act; and
(c) the act would, if taking place in Hong Kong, constitute murder or manslaughter or being accessory to murder or manslaughter,
whatever the citizenship or nationality of the person committing it or responsible for it, the act shall constitute the crime of, as may be appropriate, murder or manslaughter or so being accessory.