Jurisdictional requirement
71.16 Jurisdictional requirement
A person commits an offence under this Division only if:
the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs:
wholly or partly in Australia; or
wholly or partly on board an Australian aircraft or an Australian ship; or
the conduct constituting the alleged offence occurs wholly outside Australia and:
at the time of the alleged offence, the person is an Australian citizen; or
at the time of the alleged offence, the person is a body corporate incorporated by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory; or
at the time of the alleged offence, the person is a stateless person whose habitual residence is in Australia; or
the conduct is subject to the jurisdiction of another State Party to the Convention established in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 of article 10 and the person enters Australia; or
the alleged offence is committed against an Australian citizen; or
by engaging in the conduct constituting the alleged offence, the person intends to compel a legislative, executive or judicial institution of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory to do or omit to do an act.
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