Description of property
10 Description of property
The description of property in a charge must—
be in ordinary language; and
indicate the property with reasonable clarity.
If a description of property complies with subclause (1), it is not necessary to name the owner of the property or the value of the property, unless that information is required to describe an offence which depends on a special ownership of property or a special value of property.
If property is vested in more than one person and the owners of the property are referred to in a charge, it is sufficient to describe the owners of the property—
by naming one of those persons followed by the words "with others"; or
if the owners are a body of persons with a collective name, by using the collective name alone.
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