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Bankruptcy Act 1924
Extent of jurisdiction of Court.Extent of jurisdiction of Court.
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### Extent of jurisdiction of Court.
E.B.A., s. 100.
Vic., ss. 12, 14, 18.
20.—(1.) Every Court having jurisdiction in bankruptcy shall have jurisdiction throughout the Commonwealth or within such Districts as the Governor-General by proclamation directs, and shall have the same powers and rights to commit for contempt of Court as belong to the High Court or to the Supreme Court of the State or Territory in which the jurisdiction is being exercised.