MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 494 Jurisdiction of courts
MIGRATION ACT 1958 - SECT 494
Jurisdiction of courts(1) A provision of the Judiciary Act 1903 by which a court of a State is invested with jurisdiction with respect to offences against the laws of the Commonwealth has effect, in relation to offences against this Act, as if that jurisdiction were so invested without limitation as to locality other than the limitation imposed by section 80 of the Constitution.
(2) Subject to section 80 of the Constitution, where a person has committed an offence against a provision of this Act outside a Territory and is found in, or brought into, the Territory, a court of the Territory has the same jurisdiction in respect of the offence as it would have if the offence had been committed in the Territory.
(3) The trial of an offence against a provision of this Act not
committed within a State may be held by a court of competent jurisdiction at
any place where the court may sit.