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| (1) A prosecution for an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall not be instituted-
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| | (b) after the expiration of a period of three months from the date of detection of that offence. | | |
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| (2) Where at any time during the trial of any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, the court is satisfied on the evidence adduced before it, that any person other than the person charged with the offence was knowingly concerned in the commission of the offence, the court may notwithstanding subsection (1) (b), withdraw the charge against the person charged with the offence and proceed against that other person as though a prosecution has been instituted against that person. |
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