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CurrentSummary proceedings for offences
Chapter 8Evidence and legal proceedings
Part 2Legal proceedings
294 Summary proceedings for offences
(1)
A proceeding for an offence against this Act must be taken in a summary way under the Justices Act 1886.
(2)
The proceeding must start within—
(a)
1 year after the commission of the offence; or
(b)
1 year after the commission of the offence comes to the complainant’s knowledge, but within 2 years after the commission of the offence.
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