SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) (JURISDICTION) ACT (jurisdiction)

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS) (JURISDICTION) [ CAP. 306.

CHAPTER 306

SUPPLIES AND SERVICES (CRIMINAL

PROCEEDINGS) (JURISDICTION) ACT

To establish the jurisdiction for the trial of persons charged with offence

against the Supplies and Services Act, (Cap. 117) and regulations made

thereunder.

(15th July, 1983) *

Enacted by ACT XII of 1983 , as amended by Act VIII of 1990 .

This Act may be cited as the Supplies and Services

(Criminal Proceedings) (Jurisdiction) Act.

All offences against the Supplies and Services Act, and

against any regulations made thereunder committed after the 9th

day of December, 1982, shall be tried by the Court of Magistrates,

and, save as in so far as they are not inconsistent with the

provisions of this Act, the provisions of the Criminal Code shall

apply to proceedings before such court and to proceedings on

appeal from any judgment of the said court

Provided that proceedings may be commenced at any time

within one year from the commission of the offence

Provided further that the Attorney General shall always have

a right of appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal from any

judgment given by the Court of Magistrates.

(1) All cases which, on the 28th day of June, 1983, were

pending before the Tribunal referred to in the Price Control

Tribunal (Constitution) Regulations, 1982, † shall, for all intents

and purposes of law, be deemed to have been commenced before

the Court of Magistrates in accordance with the provisions of the

Criminal Code relating to proceedings before such court sitting as a

court of criminal judicature and to be pending before the said court

on the date of the coming into force of this Act and on that date

adjourned sine die by the said court.

(2) Any charge for any offence made before the coming into

force of this Act under the provisions of the Price Control Tribunal

(Constitution) Regulations, 1982 ‡, and any summons issued in

relation thereto, shall be deemed for all intents and purposes of law,

to have been made or issued under the provisions of the Criminal

Code, and any reference to the Price Control Tribunal therein

contained shall be read and construed as a reference to the Court of

Magistrates.

*See Government Notice No. 408 of 15th July, 1983

†Revoked by article 4 of the Act as originally enacted, which article has been omitted

under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980.

‡Revoked by article 4 of the Act as originally enacted, which article has been omitted

under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980.