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Paragraph 14 Restriction upon proceedings for other offences.

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(1)

This section applies to any person accused or convicted of an offence under the law of Anguilla who is returned to Anguilla—

(a)

from the United Kingdom, under the Act;

(b)

from any designated Commonwealth country or from the Republic of Ireland, under any law of that country corresponding with the Act;

(c)

from any United Kingdom dependency, under the Act or under any corresponding law of that dependency.

(2)

A person to which this section applies shall not, during the period described in subsection (3) of this section, be dealt with in Anguilla for or in respect of any offence committed before he was returned to Anguilla other than—

(a)

the offence in respect of which he was returned;

(b)

any lesser offence proved by the facts proved for the purposes of securing his return; or

(c)

any other offence in respect of which the Government of the country or Governor of the dependency from which he was returned may consent to his being dealt with.

(3)

The period referred to in subsection (2) of this section in relation to a person to whom this section applies is the period beginning with the day of his arrival in Anguilla on his return as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section and ending forty-five days after the first subsequent day on which he has the opportunity to leave Anguilla.