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DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 47

Offences in respect of section two.

47.[(1) Subject to sub-section (2), ..., any offence] against this Act may be
prosecuted, and any fine in respect thereof may be recovered, and any money by
this Act or an order of the Ministry made recoverable summarily may be
recovered, and any summary order under this Act or an order of the Ministry
may be made, in manner provided by the Summary Jurisdiction Acts; but nothing
in this section shall apply to proceedings under the Customs Acts.

[(2) Summary proceedings under this Act for an offence ... may be commenced at
any time within the period of [three years] from the commission of the offence
or within the period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient
to justify a prosecution for the offence comes to the knowledge of the
Ministry, whichever period first expires; and for the purposes of such
proceedings a certificate purporting to be signed by the Minister or a
secretary or assistant secretary of the Ministry as to the date on which such
evidence as aforesaid came to the knowledge of the Ministry shall be prima
facie evidence thereof.]

Subs.(3), inserted by 1966 c.23 s.4, which was rep. by 1975 NI 3 art.11 sch.


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