Clause 12

by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code (Cap. 68), a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder and shall have powers to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of any such offence.”; and

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(4) Subject to subsection (5), no proceedings in respect of any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be instituted —

in any case where any food or any appliance has been purchased or procured from any person for test purposes, after the expiration of 56 days from the time of purchasing or procuring the food or appliance, as the case may be; and

in any other case, after the expiration of one year from the date of commission of such offence. (5) Subsection (4)(b) shall not apply in any case where, by reason of the act or omission complained of, an injury or danger to health subsists at the date of the complaint.”.