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CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1921 - SECT 181

181—Charges

        (1)         An information is not invalid because of a defect of substance or of form.

        (2)         A court may—

            (a)         amend an information to cure a defect of substance or form (but if the defendant has been substantially prejudiced by the defect, no amendment may be made); or

            (b)         dismiss an information if the defect cannot appropriately be cured by amendment.



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