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Section 73: Period of limitation for trial.

The National Security Guard Act, 1986Central Act · Act 47 of 1986

(1) Except as provided by sub-section (2), no trial by a Security Guard Court of any person subject to this Act for any offence shall be commenced after the expiration of a period of three years from the date of such offence.

(2) The provisions of sub-section (1) shall not apply to a trial for an offence of desertion or for any of the offences mentioned in section 17.

(3) In the computation of the period of time mentioned in sub-section (1), any time spent by such person in evading arrest after the commission of the offence, shall be excluded,

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ActThe National Security Guard Act, 1986
Section73
Marginal notePeriod of limitation for trial.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

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