19 Time limit for prosecutions
Trade Descriptions Act 1968 (1968 c 29) | Legislation

19  Time limit for prosecutions

(1)     No prosecution for an offence under this Act shall be commenced after the expiration of three years from the commission of the offence or one year from its discovery by the prosecutor, whichever is the earlier.

(2)     Notwithstanding anything

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