Cap. 159 Art. 34Provisions as to proceedings.

(1) No proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance shall be instituted, except by or with the consent of the Attorney

General.

(2) Proceedings for an offence under this Ordinance may be commenced at any time within five years from the date of the commission of the offence or within three months from the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the President of Malta to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to the knowledge of the President of Malta, whichever is the later date:

Provided that where the offender was outside Malta at the date on which evidence, sufficient in the opinion of the President of Malta to justify a prosecution for the offence, comes to the knowledge of the President of Malta, such proceedings may be commenced at any time within twelve months from the date on which he first arrives in Malta. For the purposes of this article a certificate of the President of Malta as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid comes to the knowledge of the President of Malta shall be conclusive evidence thereof.