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Version date: 1 November 2001 - onwards
4A. Limitation of time for prosecution of offence.
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 10(4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, summary proceedings in relation to an offence under this Act may be commenced -
(a) at any time within 12 months from the date on which the offence was committed, or
(b) at any time within 6 months from the date on which evidence that, in the opinion of the Commission, is sufficient to justify the bringing of the proceedings, comes to the Commission's knowledge,
whichever is the later, but no such proceedings shall be commenced later than 5 years from the date on which the offence concerned was committed.