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| (1) Neither a conviction for an offence nor an order for payment of money shall be made under this Act in any summary proceedings instituted in any Magistrate's Court, or in any District Court or Court of Requests under the provisions of the Civil Procedure Code relating to summary procedure on liquid claims,-
| | (a) unless such proceedings are commenced within six months after the commission of the offence or after the cause of complaint arises, as the case may be; or | | |
| | (b) if both, or either of, the parties to the proceedings happen or happens during that time to be out of Ceylon, unless the proceedings are commenced, in the case of-
| | | (i) a conviction, within two months, and |
| (ii) an order, within six months after they both first happen to arrive, or to be at one time, in Ceylon. |
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| (2) No written law for the time being in force which limits the time within which proceedings may be instituted in any Magistrate's Court, or in any District Court or Court of Requests as aforesaid, shall affect any proceedings under this Act. |
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