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(1)Proceedings for an offence under section 8 or 8A may be brought within the period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to the prosecutor's knowledge; but no such proceedings may be brought by virtue of this subsection more than three years after the commission of the offence.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which the evidence referred to in that subsection came to the prosecutor's knowledge shall be conclusive evidence to that effect; and
(b)a certificate to that effect and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.]
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F1Ss. 8B, 8C inserted (prosp.) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 177(1), 182(4), Sch. 21 para. 40 (with s. 180)
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