When prosecution can be commenced
106 When prosecution can be commenced
[(1) deleted]
A prosecution of a person for an offence under a road law must be commenced within 2 years after the date on which the offence was allegedly committed.
Subsection (2) does not apply to an indictable offence.
Subsection (3) has effect, in relation to an offence that was allegedly committed before the day on which the Road Traffic Legislation Amendment Act 2016 section 19 comes into operation, as if that section had come into operation on the day on which this Act (other than sections 1 and 2) came into operation (that is, 27 April 2015).
[Section 106 amended: No. 8 of 2012 s. 232; No. 25 of 2016 s. 19; No. 15 of 2024 s. 27.]
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