# Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865, Section 21: Local jurisdiction.


For the purpose of giving jurisdiction, every offence against this Act or any Order in Council under it shall be deemed to have been committed, and every cause of complaint shall be deemed to have arisen, either in the place in which the same actually was committed or arose, or in any place in which the offender or person complained against happens to be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/28-29/125/section/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dockyard-ports-regulation-act-1865/section-21
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