Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 602
In forcePlea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 8Procedure
602 Plea of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit
In a plea that the accused person has already been convicted or acquitted, it is sufficient to state that the accused person has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the offence charged in the indictment, or of the other offence of which the person alleges that the person has been convicted or acquitted, and, in the latter case, to describe the offence by any term by which it is commonly known.
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