{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-offences-act-1986-designated-countries-and-territories-amendment-order-1991/article-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-offences-act-1986-designated-countries-and-territories-amendment-order-1991/article-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1465",
  "legislation_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-offences-act-1986-designated-countries-and-territories-amendment-order-1991",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Appendix set out at the end of Schedule 3 to the principal Order (which defines the institution of proceedings for the purposes of section 38(11) of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 as modified by Schedule 2 to the principal Order) shall be amended as follows:\n(a) after the entry relating to the Bahamas, there shall be inserted the following–\n“\nBahrain\nwhen a bill of indictment is lodged in court against any person for an offence\nBarbados\n(a) when an information has been laid before a magistrate;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence;\n(c) when a bill of indictment is preferred\n”;\n(b) after the entry relating to Bermuda, there shall be inserted the following–\n“\nthe Cayman Islands\n(a) when a charge has been signed under subsection (3) or (4) of section 13 of the Criminal Procedure Code in respect of the offence;\n(b) when a person is charged with the offence after being arrested without a warrant under subsection (5) of that section\n”;\n(c) after the entry relating to Guernsey, there shall be inserted the following–\n“\nHong Kong\n(a) when a magistrate issues a warrant or summons;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence;\n(c) when an indictment is preferred\n”;\n(d) in the entry relating to the Isle of Man, for the words “section 13 of the Petty Sessions and Summary Jurisdiction Act 1927” there shall be substituted the words “section 4 of the Summary Jurisdiction Act 1989”;\n(e) after the entry relating to the Isle of Man, there shall be inserted the following–\n“\nItaly\n(a) when a person is notified, in accordance with article 369 of the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure, that a prosecution against him is in progress;\n(b) when a proposal for the application of a preventative measure “misura di prevenzione”) is laid before a court\n”; and\n(f) after the entry relating to Malaysia, there shall be inserted the following–\n“\nMontserrat\n(a) when a judge issues a summons or warrant in respect of an offence;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence after being taken into custody without a warrant\nSaudi Arabia\nwhen an information has been laid before a judicial authority\n”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1465/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:42:23.069093+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}