378Summary conviction or dismissal bar to indictment

378 Summary conviction or dismissal bar to indictment (1) A conviction on a charge disposed of summarily under section 374, section 375 or section 375AA, has the same effect as a conviction on indictment for the offence would have had and a person who is so convicted is not afterwards liable to prosecution for the same cause. (2) The dismissal by a court of an information heard and determined by the court under section 374, section 375 or section 375AA has the same effect as an acquittal of the person charged in a trial on indictment.