Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

The Saint Vincent Constitution Order 1979

CHAPTER 1
PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS

Provisions to secure protection of law

8. (5) A person who shows that he has been tried by a competent court for a criminal offence and either convicted of acquitted shall not again be tried for that offence of which he could have been convicted at the trial for that offence, save upon the order of a superior court in the course of appeal or review proceedings relating to the conviction or acquittal.

(6) A person shall not be tried for a criminal offence if he shows that he has been pardoned for that offence.

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