Reserve Forces Act 1980

78 Jurisdiction of courts

(1) In the United Kingdom or any colony, a civil court of any description having jurisdiction in the place where an offender is for the time being shall have jurisdiction to try him for any offence under this Part of this Act which is triable by a court of that description.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies notwithstanding that the offence was committed outside the jurisdiction of the court, except that where the offence was committed in any part of the United Kingdom it shall not be triable outside that part of the United Kingdom.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other Act—

(a) the minimum fixed by this Part for the amount of any fine or the term of any imprisonment shall be duly observed by a magistrates' court and shall not be reduced by way of mitigation or otherwise, but

(b) where that minimum exceeds the maximum which such a court has power to inflict (whether by reason of its constitution or by reason of the place where it is sitting) that maximum shall be deemed in proceedings before that court to be substituted for the minimum fixed by this Part.