Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill

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Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill

Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Amendment) Bill

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A

Bill

To

Amend the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and

consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present

Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

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Amendment of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985

(1)

The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 25(1), after “enactment” there is inserted “, save the Geneva

Conventions Act 1957,”.

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Short title and commencement

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(1)

This Act may be cited as the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Amendment)

Act 2010.

(2)

This Act comes into force at the end of the period of 2 months beginning with

the day on which it is passed.

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