Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 700
In forceCertificate of dismissal by justices
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 8Procedure
700 Certificate of dismissal by justices
(1)
When justices dismiss a complaint of an offence punishable on summary conviction, whether an indictable offence or not, they may, if required and if they think fit, give the accused person a certificate of dismissal.
(2)
Such a certificate is a bar to any further prosecution of the accused person for the same cause.
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