Prosecution sanction orders must be supplied to accused, while validity and limitation objections await trial evidence.

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....Accused persons must receive prosecution sanction orders where non-supply would prejudice defence preparation and risk a miscarriage of justice. A limitation objection concerning alleged misconduct may be premature at trial inception when evidence is needed to determine whether conduct forms part of a continuing series or an isolated, time-barred act; delay may also be condoned upon proper explanation. Absence of sanction can be raised at the threshold, whereas alleged defects in an existing sanction, including non-application of mind, require examination at trial. Repeal of the Companies Act, 1956 does not invalidate pending investigations or consequential prosecutions preserved under the General Clauses Act and the Companies Act, 2013 savings provisions.....