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STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, this Act applies to any
proceeding in any Court established by law in Northern Ireland other than

(a)a proceeding by the Crown

(i)for the recovery of any tax or duty or interest thereon or of any fine or
penalty due in connection with any tax or duty; or

(ii)for a forfeiture under any statutory provision ...; or

(b)a proceeding in respect of the forfeiture of a ship or any interest in a
ship; or

(c)a proceeding for which a period of limitation is fixed by any [other
limitation provision], or a proceeding to which the Crown is a party and for
which, if it were a proceeding between subjects, a period of limitation would
be fixed by any [other limitation provision].

(2) Nothing in this Act shall operate to prescribe the period within which a
criminal proceeding must be instituted.

(3) References in this Act to an action are references to any proceeding to
which this Act applies.

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