CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 21

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 2004 - SECT 21

21 .         When prosecution can be commenced

        (1)         A prosecution of a person for an indictable offence may be commenced at any time, unless another written law provides otherwise.

        (2)         A prosecution of a person for a simple offence must be commenced within 12 months after the date on which the offence was allegedly committed, unless another written law provides otherwise or the person consents to it being commenced at a later time.

        (3)         A prosecution is commenced on the day on which a prosecution notice, signed in accordance with section 23, is lodged with the court in which the prosecution is being commenced, whether or not the notice has been served on the accused.

        [Section 21 amended: No. 34 of 2020 s. 86.]