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Criminal Code of Canada

PART XX - PROCEDURE IN JURY TRIALS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS

664. No indictment in respect of an offence for which, by reason of previous convictions, a greater punishment may be imposed shall contain any reference to previous convictions.

665. [Repealed, 1995, c. 22, s. 3]

666. Where, at a trial, the accused adduces evidence of his good character, the prosecutor may, in answer thereto, before a verdict is re-turned, adduce evidence of the previous conviction of the accused for any offences, including any previous conviction by reason of which a greater punishment may be imposed