Criminal Law (Territorial Application) Act 1995
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3 Interpretation
In this Act –
crime means –
(a) a crime or an offence which is punishable on indictment; and
(b) a crime under the Criminal Code which is triable summarily;
event means any act, omission, occurrence, circumstance or state of affairs (not including intention, knowledge or any other state of mind);
necessary territorial nexus means the territorial nexus referred to in section 4 ;
the State includes –
(a) the territorial sea adjacent to the State; and
(b) the sea on the landward side of the territorial sea that is not within the limits of the State.