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Criminal Code Act 1983
387Arrest of judgment
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387 Arrest of judgment
(1) A person found guilty of an offence, whether on his plea of guilty or
otherwise, may at any time before sentence move that judgment be
arrested on the ground that the indictment does not disclose any
(2) Upon the hearing of the motion the court may allow any such
amendments of the indictment as it might have allowed before
verdict.
(3) The court may either hear and determine the motion forthwith or
may reserve the question of law for the consideration of the Court
of Criminal Appeal as hereinafter provided.
Division 7 Hearing summarily-triable offence with indictable
offence