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163 Time limits for filing certain indictments
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(1)If a person is committed for trial in respect of an offence other than a sexual offence, the DPP or a Crown Prosecutor may file an indictment against the person—
(a)within 6 months after the date of committal; or
(b)if the period referred to in paragraph (a) or any extension of that period is extended under section 247, within the extended period.
(2)If a person is committed for trial in respect of a sexual offence in which the complainant was a child or a person with a cognitive impairment when the criminal proceeding was commenced, the DPP or a Crown Prosecutor may file an indictment against the person—
(a)within 14 days after the date of committal; or
(b)if the period referred to in paragraph (a) or any extension of that period is extended under section 247, within the extended period.
(3)If a person is committed for trial in respect of a sexual offence other than one referred to in subsection (2), the DPP or a Crown Prosecutor may file an indictment against the person—
(a)at least 28 days before the day on which the trial is listed to commence; or
(b)if the period referred to in paragraph (a), or any extension or abridgment of that period, is extended or abridged under section 247, within the extended or abridged period.