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Crimes Act 1900
140Territorial nexus for offences
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140 Territorial nexus for offences
It is immaterial that the conduct of a person forming an offence
against this division happened outside the jurisdiction if the person
intended by the conduct—
(a) to cause public alarm or anxiety in the ACT; or
(b) to cause economic loss in the ACT through public awareness of
the contamination, or the possibility of contamination.
Offences relating to causing public alarm Division 6.7
Division 6.7 Offences relating to causing public
alarm