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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1921 - SECT 144

144—Application of Part

        (1)         This Part applies whether the offence of which a person is acquitted is alleged to have occurred before or after the commencement of this Part.

        (2)         This Part does not apply if a person is acquitted of the offence with which the person is charged but is convicted of a lesser offence arising out of the same set of circumstances that gave rise to the charge.

        (3)         However, this Part does apply in the circumstances set out in subsection (2) if the acquittal was tainted.



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