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Crimes Act 1900
280Arraignment etc on charge of previous conviction
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280 Arraignment etc on charge of previous conviction (1) No person shall be arraigned, in respect of any previous conviction charged in any indictment, unless he or she is convicted of the subsequent offence charged in the indictment. (2) On conviction he or she shall forthwith be arraigned, and the jury shall be charged as to the previous conviction, or convictions, and the trial shall proceed in relation to them.