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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/1199",
  "legislation_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/drug-trafficking-offences-act-1986-designated-countries-and-territories-order-1990",
  "path": "schedule/3/appendix",
  "kind": "appendix",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS",
  "text": "Designated country\nPoint at which proceedings are instituted\nAnguilla\n(a) when a summons or warrant is issued in respect of an offence;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence after being taken into custody without a warrant;\n(c) when a bill of indictment is preferred\nAustralia\n(a) when an information has been laid before a justice of the peace;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence after having been taken into custody without a warrant;\n(c) when a bill of indictment is preferred\nthe Bahamas\n(a) when an information has been laid before a justice of the peace;\n(b) when a person is charged with an offence after having been taken into custody without a warrant;\n(c) when a bill of indictment is preferred\nBermuda\nwhen an information is laid charging a person with an offence\nGibraltar\nwhen a person is charged with an offence, whether by the laying of an information or otherwise\nGuernsey\nwhen a person is charged with an offence\nIsle of Man\n(a) where a justice of the peace issues a summons under section 13 of the Petty Sessions and Summary Jurisdiction Act 1927, when the complaint in relation to the offence is made to him;\n(b) where a justice of the peace issues a warrant for the arrest of any person under that section, when the complaint in relation to the offence is made to him;\n(c) where a person is charged with the offence after being taken into custody without a warrant, when he is taken into custody;\n(d) where an information is preferred by the Attorney General in a case where there have been no committal proceedings, when the information is lodged in the General Registry in accordance with section 4(1) of the Criminal Code Amendment Act 1917\nJersey\n(a) when the Bailiff issues a warrant in respect of an offence for the arrest of a person who is out of the island;\n(b) when a person is arrested and charged with an offence;\n(c) when a summons in respect of an offence is served on a person at the instance of the Attorney General;\n(d) when a summons in respect of the offence is served on a person in accordance with the provisions of Article 8 of the Police Court (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law, 1949\nMalaysia\nwhen a person is charged with an offence\nSpain\nwhen by virtue of a judicial resolution it is decided to proceed against a person for an offence\nSweden\nwhen a public prosecutor has established that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that a person has committed an offence and accordingly is obliged under the Code of Judicial Procedure to notify the person of the suspicion\nSwitzerland\nwhen proceedings for an offence are brought before an examining magistrate\nUnited Mexican States\nWhen criminal proceedings are instituted by a judicial authority\nUnited States of America\nwhen an indictment, information or complaint has been filed against a person in respect of an offence",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1991/1465",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1991"
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    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1792",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993"
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    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/1792",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1993"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/1641",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1994"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/1722",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) Order 1992"
    },
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1993/3158",
      "affecting_title": "The Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (Designated Countries and Territories) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993"
    }
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