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Corporations Act 2001
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#### 58AA Meaning of court and Court
(1) Subject to subsection (2), in this Act:
> court means any court.
> Court means any of the following courts:
(a) the Federal Court;
(b) the Supreme Court of a State or Territory;
(c) the Federal Circuit and Family Court of Australia (Division 1);
(d) a court to which section 41 of the Family Law Act 1975 applies because of a Proclamation made under subsection 41(2) of that Act.
(2) Except where there is a clear expression of a contrary intention (for example, by use of the expression “the Court”), proceedings in relation to a matter under this Act may, subject to Part 9.6A, be brought in any court.
> Note: The matters dealt with in Part 9.6A include the applicability of limits on the jurisdictional competence of courts.