Indian Ports Act, 1908
60. Jurisdiction over offences beyond local limits of
jurisdiction
(1) Any person offending against the provisions of this Act in
any port subject to this Act shall be punishable by any Magistrate having
jurisdiction over any district or place adjoining the port.
(2) Such Magistrate may exercise all the powers of a Magistrate
under this Act, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the offence had
been committed locally within the limits of his jurisdiction, notwithstanding
that the offence may not have been committed locally within such limits, and,
in case any such Magistrate exercises the jurisdiction hereby vested in him,
the offence shall be deemed, for all purposes, to have been committed locally
within the limits of his jurisdiction.