8Criminal laws applicable to Australian citizens on foreign ships

##### 8 Criminal laws applicable to Australian citizens on foreign ships The provisions of the criminal laws in force in a State or Territory apply to and in relation to: (a) any act that is committed on or from a foreign ship at a time when the ship is beyond the outer limits of the territorial sea of Australia and is not within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to an external Territory if: (i) at that time the person who committed the act was an Australian citizen and was not a member of the crew of the ship; and (ii) that person was domiciled at that time in that State or Territory or his last place of residence in Australia or the external Territories before that time was in that State or Territory; and (b) any act that is committed beyond the outer limits of the territorial sea of Australia and not within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent to an external Territory by a survivor of the wreck or sinking of a foreign ship if: (i) the survivor was an Australian citizen at the time when the act was committed; and (ii) the survivor was domiciled in that State or Territory at the time when the act was committed or his last place of residence in Australia or the external Territories before that time was in that State or Territory; and so apply as if the act had been committed in that State or Territory.