Section 102: Court may assume jurisdiction under certain conditions

(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 93 and 98 of this Act, a Judge or Magistrate of a division or district in which a suspect:
(a) is arrested and charged with an offence, alleged to have been committed in another division or district;
(b) is in custody on the charge; or
(c) has appeared in answer to summons lawfully issued charging the offence,
may where he considers that justice would be better served and having regards to the accessibility and convenience of the witnesses, proceed to hear the charge, try and punish the suspect as if the offence had been committed in the division or district.
(2) The offence referred in subsection (1) of this section shall for all purposes be deemed to have been committed in that division or district.