274 Time limit for summary offences
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (1995 c 21) | Legislation

Part XII Legal Proceedings

Prosecution of offences

274  Time limit for summary offences

(1)     Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, no person shall be convicted of an offence under this Act in summary proceedings unless—

(a)     the proceedings were commenced within six months beginning with the date on which the offence was committed; or

(b)     in a case where the accused happens during that period to be out of the United Kingdom, the proceedings were commenced within two months after he first happens to arrive within the United Kingdom and before the expiration of three years

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