Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence against this section if the person engages, outside Australia , in conduct that is a dealing in drugs with a view to the carrying out:
(a) in Australia ; or
(b) on board an Australian aircraft in flight outside Australia ; or
(c) on board an Australian ship at sea;
of a dealing in drugs that constitutes an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory.
(2) For the purposes of an offence against this section, absolute liability applies to such of the following physical elements of circumstance as are relevant to the offence:
(a) that the conduct is engaged in outside Australia ;
(b) that the view to the carrying out of a dealing in drugs with which the conduct is engaged in, is a view to the carrying out of such a dealing:
(i) in Australia ; or
(ii) on board an Australian aircraft in flight outside Australia ; or
(iii) on board an Australian ship at sea;
(c) that the carrying out of the dealing in drugs referred to in paragraph ( b) constitutes an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory;
(d) if paragraph 6(1)(f) applies--that the importation is into Australia , or the exportation is from Australia ;
(e) if paragraph 6(1)(fa) or (g) applies--that the substance is listed in Table I or II in the Annex to the Convention.
Note: For absolute liability see section 6.2 of the Criminal Code .