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5. General principles of the Court
 
  Article 32-Venue  
32.1 Venue  
  The court venue for criminal cases is determined by the limits of their actual jurisdiction by law.  
32.2 Offenses outside the state/territory heard in the state/territory  
  Offenses committed wholly or in part outside a State, under circumstances that give the State jurisdiction to prosecute the offender, may be prosecuted in any territory in which the offender is found or in any county in which an element of the offense occurs.  
32.3 Offenses on the border of a state/territory heard in the state/territory  
  An offense committed on the boundaries of two or more states/territories, whether this be land or water, or within four hundred metres thereof, may be prosecuted and punished in any one of such states/territories and any offense committed on the premises of any airport operated jointly by two governments and situated in two state/territories may be prosecuted and punished in either region.  
32.4 Completion of circumstances of offence carried over from one state/territory to another state/territory  
  If an offence originates in one state/territory and carries over to one or more other state/territories by virtue of movement of either the accused, one or more victims and/or one or more items of stolen property across the state/territory boundary then the offender may be prosecuted in the state/territory from which the offence originated or the state/territory in which the circumstances of the offence completed.  
32.5 Offences committed on board transport vehicles  
  An offense committed on board a transport vehicle, which is at the time upon any navigable surface, or within the airspace within the boundaries of a state/territory, shall be prosecuted in any of the state/territories through which the transport vessel is navigated in the course of her voyage, or in the state/territory where the voyage commences or terminates.  
32.6 Present location of family and sexual offence(s) victims  
  Family-related or sexual offence cases (excluding homicide) may be prosecuted in the state/territory where the victim(s) currently reside, even if the state/territory may be different to the original state/territory of the offence and/or the residence of the accused.  
32.7 Location of family and sexual offence(s) victims  
  If an offense has been committed within a state/territory and it cannot readily be determined within which specific location the commission took place, trial may be held in the state/territory in which the defendant resides, in the state/territory in which they were apprehended, or in the state/territory to which they were extradited.  
     
 
 

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