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#### 25 Indictment charging previous offence also 25 Indictment charging previous offence also > In an indictment against a person for an offence committed after the person was convicted of some previous offence (whether indictable or otherwise) it is sufficient, after charging the subsequent offence, to state that the accused person was (at a specified time and place) convicted of the previous offence, without particularly describing the previous offence. > > **ss 22–26 (previously ss 65–69):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[26\].

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