Section 39D: No offence committed
This section is inserted by Act No 1 of 2020, section 28.
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
39D. No offence committed
Where, under an enactment, a time is imposed on a
person to do or refrain from doing an act or thing and the time
for doing or refraining from doing the act or thing expires,
or falls wholly or partly during, the COVID-19 period, that
person shall, notwithstanding that enactment, be deemed
not to have committed an offence where he failed to do or
refrained from doing the act or thing, provided that the act or
thing is done not later than such period as may be prescribed
by regulations under that enactment.
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Questions this section answers
- Can I be prosecuted for missing a deadline that fell during the COVID-19 period?