Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002
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Proceedings. |
6.—(1) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought and prosecuted by the Office. | |
(2) Summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be brought and prosecuted by the health board within whose functional area the offence is alleged to have been committed. | ||
(3) Notwithstanding section 10 (4) of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851 , summary proceedings for an offence under this Act may be instituted not later than 12 months from the date on which the Office or the health board concerned, as may be appropriate, forms the opinion that there exists sufficient evidence to justify instituting proceedings for the offence concerned, but in no case shall such proceedings be brought after 5 years from the date of the alleged commission of the offence. | ||
(4) References in section 382 of the Companies Act, 1963 , to a company shall, for the purposes of this Act, be construed as including references to a body corporate (whether or not a company within the meaning of that section) charged on indictment with an offence under this Act. |