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Extension of period for bringing certain prosecutions.
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5.—(1) Notwithstanding any provision in any Act specifying the period within which proceedings may be commenced, a prosecution for an offence under any of the Acts specified in subsection (2) of this section or under regulations made under or applying the provisions of any of those Acts may be brought at any time within whichever of the following periods latest expires—
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(a) the period of three months commencing on the date on which it is certified in writing sealed with the official seal of the Minister for Social Welfare that evidence sufficient to justify the institution of that prosecution came into the procurement or possession of that Minister, or
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(b) the period of two years commencing on the date on which the offence was committed.
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(2) The specified Acts referred to in subsection (1) of this section are—
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(a) the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1976,
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(b) the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1976,
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(c) the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1976,
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(d) the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Acts, 1942 and 1963,
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(e) the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1975,
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(f) the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1976.
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