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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
45Time within which charge-sheet to be filed
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45 Time within which charge-sheet to be filed
A charge-sheet charging an offence against any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations (not being an indictable offence, whether or not that offence is capable of being determined summarily) shall be filed within three years from the time when the matter of the charge occurs and not afterwards.