68OCourt may order trial—administration of justice offence

68O Court may order trial—administration of justice offence order a person who has been acquitted of an indictable offence (an acquitted person) to be tried for an administration of justice offence that is related to the proceeding for the indictable offence, if satisfied that— (a) there is fresh evidence against the acquitted person; and (b) the evidence is relevant to the administration of justice offence; and (c) it is in the interests of justice for the order to be made. (2) If the court orders the acquitted person to be tried for the administration of justice offence, the court must quash the person’s acquittal for the indictable offence and remove the acquittal for the indictable offence as a bar to the person being tried for the administration of justice offence. (3) The acquitted person is entitled to appear at the hearing of an (4) This section applies whether the acquittal that is the subject of the application happened before, on or after the commencement of the Supreme Court Amendment Act 2016, section 3.