25Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings

25 Conviction or dismissal a bar to criminal proceedings If any person against whom a charge-sheet charging an offence against section 23 or section 24 has been filed has been convicted and has paid the whole amount adjudged to be paid or has suffered the imprisonment awarded in lieu thereof or for non-payment thereof or if the charge against that person has been dismissed in every such case he shall be released from all further or other criminal proceedings for the same cause; but any person so convicted shall remain liable to all civil proceedings in like manner as if he had not been so convicted. *Property Suspected to be Stolen, &c.* No. 6337 s. 42.