Section 49: Jurisdiction.

(1) Every offence against this Act alleged to have been committed-
(a) by a trade union which has not yet been registered or any official of such a trade union;
(b) by a body which is or has been registered under this Act or by an officer of such a body;
(c) by an official of any such body in circumstances such that both the body and the official are guilty of the same offence,
may be prosecuted summarily before a magistrate's court having jurisdiction where the registered office of the body in question is situated or, if the body has ceased to be registered, where its registered office was situated immediately before it ceased to be registered.
(2) In this section "official" includes a former official.
(3) The foregoing provisions of this section are without prejudice to any jurisdiction exercisable by any court apart from this section.