# Road Traffic Act 1960, Section 244: Time for commencing summary proceedings for certain offences.

Extent: E+W+S

Summary proceedings for an offence . . . . . . . . . under section 99(5) of the Transport Act 1968 may be brought—
(a) within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings came to his knowledge; but no such proceedings shall be brought by virtue of this section more than three years after the commission of the offence. For the purposes of this section a certificate signed by or on behalf of the prosecutor and stating the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and a certificate stating that matter and purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/8-9/16/section/244 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1960/section-244
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