Criminal Code Act 1924
257FExtra-territorial application of this Chapter
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257F Extra-territorial application of this Chapter
[Section 257F Inserted by No. 13 of 1990, s. 3 ]
(1) If –
(a) a person does an act or thing referred to in sections 257B to 257E (both inclusive) outside, or partly outside, Tasmania; and
(b) there is a real and substantial link within the meaning of subsection (2) between doing the act or thing and Tasmania –
those sections apply in relation to that act or thing as if it had been done wholly within Tasmania.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , there is a real and substantial link with Tasmania –
(a) if a significant part of the conduct relating to, or constituting, the doing of the act or thing occurred in Tasmania; or
(b) where the act or thing was done wholly outside Tasmania or partly within Tasmania, if substantial harmful effects arose in Tasmania.