Chapter VIII - RECIPROCAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN CERTAIN MATTERS AND PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHMENT AND FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY (From Section 111 to Section 124)
Contents of charge: a charge must identify the offence, cite the law, and give the accused clear notice. The provision prescribes the contents of a criminal charge: it must identify the offence (by statutory name where available or by sufficient definition to give notice), cite the law and section, be in the language of the Court, and is equivalent to asserting that all legal conditions constituting the offence are met. Where prior convictions are to be relied on to affect punishment, the fact, date and place of such conviction should be stated in the charge, subject to correction by the Court before sentence.
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Contents of charge: a charge must identify the offence, cite the law, and give the accused clear notice.
The provision prescribes the contents of a criminal charge: it must identify the offence (by statutory name where available or by sufficient definition to give notice), cite the law and section, be in the language of the Court, and is equivalent to asserting that all legal conditions constituting the offence are met. Where prior convictions are to be relied on to affect punishment, the fact, date and place of such conviction should be stated in the charge, subject to correction by the Court before sentence.
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