# Jurisdiction of courts

> act-s494 — as in force on 2026-06-04 — C2026C00232 · Compilation No. 171 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/C2026C00232/latest/text

494 Jurisdiction of courts
          (1) A provision of the Judiciary Act 1903 by which a court of a State is
              invested with jurisdiction with respect to offences against the laws
              of the Commonwealth has effect, in relation to offences against
              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.
          (2) Subject to section 80 of the Constitution, where a person has
              committed an offence against a provision of this Act outside a
              Territory and is found in, or brought into, the Territory, a court of
              the Territory has the same jurisdiction in respect of the offence as it
              would have if the offence had been committed in the Territory.










          (3) 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.