HC Deb 15 July 1948 vol 453 cc1582-3

Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 9, at end, insert: or as authorising a court to deal summarily with any offence unless the proceedings were commenced within the period prescribed in that behalf by section eleven of the Summary jurisdiction Act, 1848, or by any other enactment applicable to the offence in question.

Mr. Younger

I beg to move, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."

This Amendment applies the ordinary limitation on proceedings for summary offences. They must be commenced within six months of the offence unless a longer period is prescribed by an enactment relating to that offence.