law: 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.