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WELFARE FOODS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1968 - SECT 3

Penalties and legal proceedings.

3.(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on summary
conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine
not exceeding one hundred pounds, or to both.

(2) Proceedings for an offence under this Act shall not be instituted except
by the Ministry or by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

(3) Notwithstanding section 34 of the Magistrates' Courts Act (Northern
Ireland) 1964, proceedings for an offence under this Act may be commenced at
any time within twelve months after the date on which the offence was
committed or within three months after the date on which evidence sufficient
to justify the proceedings comes to the Ministry's knowledge, whichever period
last expires.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (3) a certificate of the Ministry as to the
date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to the Ministry's knowledge
shall be prima facie evidence.

S.4 rep. by SLR 1976

© 1968 Crown Copyright

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