Crimes (Foreign Incursions and Recruitment) Act 1978
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(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
armed force does not include an armed force forming part of the Defence Force of Australia.
Australia includes the external Territories.
foreign State means a place outside Australia that is:
(a) an independent sovereign state; or
(b) an area of land (whether or not it is self‑governing) that is not part of an independent sovereign state.
government, in relation to a foreign State or a part of a foreign State, means the authority exercising effective governmental control in that foreign State or that part of that foreign State.
incite includes urge, aid and encourage and also includes print or publish any writing that incites, urges, aids or encourages.
recruit includes procure, induce and incite.
(2) A reference in this Act to a part of a foreign State shall be read as a reference to a political subdivision of a foreign State.