Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2020

88. Section 22 of the Act of 2020 is amended by—

(a) the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “criminal proceedings”:

“‘criminal proceedings’ means proceedings against a person for an offence and includes any appeal proceedings related to the offence;”,

and

(b) in the definition of “relevant proceedings”, by the substitution of “and includes any appeal proceedings related to such proceedings” for “and includes any appeal proceedings or subsequent proceedings”.