176 Time limit for prosecutions
Representation of the People Act 1983 (1983 c 2) | Legislation

General provisions as to prosecutions

176  Time limit for prosecutions

(1)     A proceeding against a person in respect of [any offence under any provision contained in or made under this Act] shall be commenced within one year after the offence was committed, and the time so limited by this section shall, in the case of any proceedings under the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (or, in Northern Ireland, the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981) for any such offence . . . be substituted for any limitation of time contained in that Act or Order.

[(1A)     Subsection (1) does not apply where section 16 of the National Security Act 2023 (which provides for higher sentences in cases of foreign

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