Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (FOREIGN INCURSIONS AND RECRUITMENT) ACT 1978 - SECT 9A

             (1)  Subject to subsection (2), a prosecution for an offence against this Act shall be on indictment.

             (2)  Where the law of a State or Territory makes provision for a person who pleads guilty to a charge in proceedings for the person’s commitment for trial on indictment to be committed to a higher court and dealt with otherwise than on indictment, a person charged in that State or Territory with an offence against this Act may be dealt with in accordance with that law.

             (3)  A reference in this section to an offence against this Act includes a reference to an offence against:

                     (a)  section 6 of the Crimes Act 1914 ; or

                     (b)  an ancillary offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Code );

that relates to an offence against this Act.