2The Offences against the Person Act 1861 shall be amended as follows.
3There shall be omitted from section 44 (certificates as to cases of assault or battery) the word “such”, in the first place where it occurs, and the words “under either of the last two preceding sections,”.
4In section 45 (bars to further proceedings) for the words “in either of the last three preceding sections mentioned” there shall be substituted the words “is mentioned in section 44 of this Act”.