sec.63Indictable offences and summary offences

sec.63 Indictable offences and summary offences

An offence against section 28 or against another provision of this Act involving a child abuse computer game is punishable on indictment. Any other offence against this Act is punishable summarily. An indictable offence against this Act may be heard and decided summarily at the defendant’s election. A complaint under the Justices Act 1886 for a summary offence against this Act may be made only by a person authorised in writing by the Minister. For subsection (4) , the Minister may authorise a person either generally or in relation to a stated complaint. s 63 amd 1996 No. 56 s 62 ; 2017 No. 17 s 46 (sec.63-ssec.1) An offence against section 28 or against another provision of this Act involving a child abuse computer game is punishable on indictment. (sec.63-ssec.2) Any other offence against this Act is punishable summarily. (sec.63-ssec.3) An indictable offence against this Act may be heard and decided summarily at the defendant’s election. (sec.63-ssec.4) A complaint under the Justices Act 1886 for a summary offence against this Act may be made only by a person authorised in writing by the Minister. (sec.63-ssec.5) For subsection (4) , the Minister may authorise a person either generally or in relation to a stated complaint.