68MCourt may order retrial—category A offence

68M Court may order retrial—category A offence order a person acquitted of an offence (an acquitted person) to be retried for a category A offence if satisfied that— (a) there is fresh and compelling evidence against the acquitted person in relation to the offence; and (2) If the court orders the acquitted person to be retried, the court must quash the person’s acquittal and remove the acquittal as a bar to the person being retried for a category A offence. (3) The court may, under this section, order the acquitted person to be retried for a category A offence even if the person was acquitted of a lesser offence. (4) The acquitted person is entitled to appear at the hearing of an (5) This section applies only if the acquittal that is the subject of the application happened on or after the commencement of the Supreme Court Amendment Act 2016, section 3.