Time for instituting proceedings
398 Time for instituting proceedings
Proceedings for an offence against this Act or the regulations (other than an offence under section 180 or an offence referred to in subsection (2)) may be commenced not later than 12 months after the offence was alleged to have been committed.
Note.
Proceedings for an offence under section 180 must be commenced not later than 6 months after the offence was alleged to have been committed (see section 179 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1986).
Proceedings for an offence against sections 267–269 may be commenced not later than 5 years after the offence was alleged to have been committed.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
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This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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