Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

SUMMARY AUTHORITY RULES (SLI NO 248 OF 2009) - RULE 8

         (1)   A charge may state 1 offence only.

         (2)   A charge must consist of 2 parts, namely:

                (a)    a statement of the offence which the accused person is alleged to have committed; and

               (b)    particulars of the act or omission constituting the offence.

         (3)   A statement of an offence must contain:

                (a)    a sufficient statement of the offence; and

               (b)    in the case of an offence other than an offence against the common law -- a reference to the provision of the law creating the offence.

         (4)   Without limiting the form of a sufficient statement of the offence, a statement of the offence is sufficient if it is set out in the appropriate form in Schedule 1.

         (5)   Particulars of an offence must contain a sufficient statement of the circumstances of the offence to enable the accused person to know what it is intended to prove against that person as constituting the offence.