Criminal Procedure
(Prescription of Offences) (Jersey) Law 1999
Official
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Criminal Procedure
(Prescription of Offences) (Jersey) Law 1999
A LAW to reform the law governing the prescription of criminal offences
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Definition of offence
(1) In
this Law, an “offence” means –
(a) a crime;
(b) a délit; or
(c) a
contravention of an enactment.
(2) A
reference in this Law to an enactment includes an enactment of the United
Kingdom extended to or otherwise having force of law in Jersey.
2 Abolition of period of prescription
Subject to the provisions
of any other enactment, the time within which proceedings may be instituted in
respect of an offence shall be without limit:
Provided that nothing in
this Article shall revive any proceedings which were barred by prescription
before the commencement of this Law.
3 Citation
This Law may be cited as
the Criminal Procedure (Prescription of Offences) (Jersey) Law 1999.