Papua New Guinea

Criminal Code Act 1974

SCHEDULE 1 – THE CRIMINAL CODE.

PART VIII. – PROCEDURE.

Division 4. – Trial: Adjournment: Pleas: Practice.

564. PLEA OF AUTREFOIS CONVICT OR AUTREFOIS ACQUIT.

In a plea that the accused person has already been convicted or acquitted, it is sufficient to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the offence charged in the indictment, or of the other offence of which he alleges that he has been convicted or acquitted, and in the latter case to describe the offence in any way in which it is commonly known.

Keywords

Ne bis in idem
Ne bis in idem - State's own court



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