# The Magistrates' Courts (Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996) (Tainted Acquittals) Rules 1997, Article 2: Time of certification


Where a person is convicted before a magistrates' court of an offence as referred to in section 54(1)(b) of the Act and it appears to the court that the provisions of section 54(2) of the Act are satisfied, the court shall make the certification referred to in section 54(2) at any time following conviction but no later than—
(a) immediately after the court sentences or otherwise deals with that person in respect of the offence, or
(b) where the court commits that person to the Crown Court, or remits him to another magistrates' court, to be dealt with in respect of the offence, immediately after he is so committed or remitted, as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1055/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-tainted-acquittals-rules-1997/article-2
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