22ADescription of offence in documents under this Act

22A Description of offence in documents under this Act (1) Any information, complaint, summons, warrant or other document under this Act in which it is necessary to state the matter charged against any person shall be sufficient if it contains a statement of the specific offence with which the accused person is charged, together with such particulars as are necessary for giving reasonable information as to the nature of the charge. (2) The statement of the offence shall describe the offence shortly in ordinary language, avoiding as far as possible the use of technical terms, and without necessarily stating all the essential elements of the offence, and, if the offence charged is one created by any law of the Territory, shall contain a reference to the section of the law of the Territory creating the offence. (3) After the statement of the offence, necessary particulars of the offence shall be set out in ordinary language, in which the use of technical terms shall not be required. (4) Any information, complaint, summons, warrant or other document to which this section applies, which is in such form as would have been sufficient in law if this section had not come into force, shall, notwithstanding anything contained in this section, continue to be sufficient in law.