Who may institute criminal proceedings
92 Who may institute criminal proceedings
Prosecutions for offences against this Act may be instituted by the Commissioner or by a person authorised in writing by the Commissioner.
No other person may institute a prosecution for an offence against this Act unless written consent to the institution of the prosecution is given by —
the Commissioner; or
a person authorised in writing by the Commissioner to give consents under this section.
In proceedings for an offence against this Act, a document giving consent to the institution of a prosecution and purporting to have been signed by the Commissioner, or by an authorised person, is evidence of that consent without proof of the signature.
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