PART IX Summary Proceedings

General

C1C11C12C13C16C19C96C31C97C53C66C106C148136 Time limit for certain offences.

C2C109C1491

Proceedings under this Part of this Act in respect of any offence to which this section applies shall be commenced—

a

within six months after the contravention occurred;

b

in the case of a continuous contravention, within six months after the last date of such contravention,

and it shall be competent in a prosecution of a contravention mentioned in paragraph (b) above to include the entire period during which the contravention occurred.

2

This section applies to any offence triable only summarily and consisting of the contravention of any enactment, unless the enactment fixes a different time limit.

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For the purposes of this section proceedings shall be deemed to be commenced on the date on which a warrant to apprehend or to cite the accused is granted, if the warrant is executed without undue delay.