Criminal Code
62Application and effect—pt 2.7
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62 Application and effect—pt 2.7 (1) This part applies to all offences. (2) This part extends the application of a territory law that creates an offence beyond the territorial limits of the ACT (and Australia) if the required geographical nexus exists for the offence. (3) If a law that creates an offence provides for any geographical consideration for the offence, that provision prevails over any inconsistent provision of this part. Examples for s (3) 1 A law creating an offence may provide that the place of commission of the offence is (explicitly or by necessary implication) an element of the offence. 2 A law creating an offence may provide for its application outside the ACT and exclude (explicitly or by necessary implication) the requirement for a geographical nexus between the ACT and an element of the offence.