Chapter 306

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 . 1. This Act may be cited as the Supplies and Services (Criminal Proceedings) (Jurisdiction) Act. Short title. 2. 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: Jurisdiction. Amended by: VIII. 1990.3. Cap. 117. Cap. 9. 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. 3. (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. Proceedings pending before the Price Control Tribunal. Amended by: VIII. 1990.3. Cap. 9. (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. Charges and summonses. *See Government Notice No. 408 of 15th July, 1983 †Revoked by article 4 of the Act as originally enacted, which article has been omitted under the Statute Law Revision Act, 1980.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. Cap. 9.