No versions valid at: 25/02/2003
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Adoption and Children Act 2002, Section 138 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Valid from 30/12/2005
Proceedings for an offence by virtue of section 9, 59, 93, 94, 95 or 129—
(a)may not be brought more than six years after the commission of the offence but, subject to that,
(b)may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge.
In relation to Scotland, “the prosecutor” is to be read as “the procurator fiscal”.
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