Customs Act 1901

PART XVII - MISCELLANEOUS  

SECTION 277A   JURISDICTION OF COURTS  

277A(1)   [Effect of Judiciary Act]  

A provision of the Judiciary Act 1903 by which a court of a State is invested with federal jurisdiction has effect, in relation to matters arising under this Act, as if that jurisdiction were so invested without limitation as to locality other than the limitation imposed by section 80 of the Constitution.

277A(2)   [Jurisdiction conferred]  

Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of the Territories, within the limits of their several jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters arising under this Act.

277A(3)   [Court of competent jurisdiction]  

The trial of an offence against a provision of this Act not committed within a State may be held by a court of competent jurisdiction at any place where the court may sit.