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Immigration Act 1971 (1971 c 77) | Legislation

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[(A1)     Proceedings for an offence under this Part that is committed in the territorial sea adjacent to the United Kingdom may be taken, and the offence may for all incidental purposes be treated as having been committed, in any place in the United Kingdom.]

(1)     Where the offence is one to which, under section [24(3)]. . . or 26 above, an extended time limit for prosecutions is to apply, then—

(a)     an information relating to the offence may in England and Wales be tried by a magistrates' court if it is laid within six months after the commission of the offence, or if it is laid within three years after the commission of the offence and not more than two months after the date certified by [an officer of police above the rank of chief superintendent] to be the date on which evidence sufficient to justify proceedings came to the notice of an officer of [the police force to which he belongs]; and

(b)     summary proceedings for the offence may in Scotland be commenced within six months after the commission of the offence, or within three

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