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Section 381 - Criminal Code Act 1983 - Discharge of persons acquitted — Zoe

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381 Discharge of persons acquitted If the jury find that the accused person is not guilty, or give any other verdict that shows that he is not liable to punishment, he is entitled to be discharged from the charge of which he is so acquitted.

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