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CurrentIndictment for treason-related offence valid though facts may amount to treason
5 Indictment for treason-related offence valid though facts may amount to treason
(1)
An indictment for a treason-related offence is not bad, insufficient, void, erroneous or defective merely because the facts or matters alleged in the indictment amount in law to treason.
(2)
A person is not entitled to be acquitted of a treason-related offence merely because the facts or matters proved on the person’s trial amount in law to treason, but no person tried for a treason-related offence may subsequently be prosecuted on the same facts for treason.
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