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Official Secrets Act 1911
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10Extent of Act and place of trial of offence
(1)This Act shall apply to all acts which are offences-under this Act when committed in any part of His Majesty's dominions, or when committed by British officers or subjects elsewhere.
(2)An offence under this Act, if alleged to have been committed out of the United Kingdom, may be inquired of, heard, and determined, in any competent British court in the place where the offence was committed, or in the High Court in England or the Central Criminal Court, and the [42 Geo. 3. c. 85.] Criminal Jurisdiction Act, 1802, shall apply in like manner as if the offence, were mentioned in that Act, and the Central Criminal Court as well as the High Court possessed the jurisdiction given by that Act to the Court of King's Bench.
(3)An offence under this Act shall not be tried by any court of general or quarter sessions, nor by the sheriff court in Scotland, nor by any court out of the United Kingdom which has not jurisdiction to try crimes which involve the greatest, punishment allowed by law.
(4)The provisions of the [50 & 51 Vict. c. 20.] Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, shall not apply to any trial under the provisions of this Act.
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