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COMMONWEALTH PLACES (APPLICATION OF LAWS) ACT 1970 - SECT 14

Continuance of proceedings where place found to be a Commonwealth place

    Where a person is charged with an offence against a law of a State and the court before which he or she is charged is satisfied that:

  (a)   that law is inapplicable by reason of the operation of section   52 of the Constitution in relation to Commonwealth places; and

  (b)   a part of the applied provisions corresponds to that law;

the proceedings shall be continued as though that person had been charged with the corresponding offence under that part of the applied provisions.


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