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[5 & 6 Geo. 5.]
Indictments Act, 1915.
[Ch. 90.]

A.D. 1915.

Charge of previous convictions, &c. 11. Any charge of a previous conviction of an offence or of being a habitual criminal or a habitual drunkard shall be charged at the end of the indictment by means of a statement—in the case of a previous conviction that the person accused has been previously convicted of that offence at a certain time and place without stating the particulars of the offence, and in the case of a habitual criminal or habitual drunkard, that the offender is a habitual criminal or a habitual drunkard, as the case may be.

Saving for s. 32(4) of 8 Edw. 7. c. 67. 12. Nothing in these rules or in any rules made under section two of this Act shall affect the provisions of subsection (4) of section thirty-two of the Children Act, 1908.

Duty to furnish copy of indictment. 13.—(1) It shall be the duty of the clerk of assize, after a true bill has been found on any indictment, to supply to the accused person, on request, a copy of the indictment free of charge.

(2) The cost of any copy supplied to the accused person whether under this rule or otherwise shall be treated as part of the costs of the prosecution for the purpose of section one of the 8 Edw. 7. c. 15. Costs in Criminal Cases Act, 1908.

(3) In the application of this rule to quarter sessions, the clerk of the peace shall be substituted for the clerk of assize.

Interpretation.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 63.
14. The Interpretation Act, 1889, applies for the interpretation of these rules, as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

Short title. 15. These rules may be cited as the Indictment rules, 1915, and these rules, together with any rules made under section two of this Act, maybe cited together by such collective title as may be prescribed by the last-mentioned rules.


APPENDIX TO RULES.


Forms of Indictment.


1.

Statement of Offence.

Murder.

Particulars of Offence.

A.B., on theday of, in the county of , murdered J.S.


2.

Statement of Offence.

Accessory after the fact to murder.

Particulars of Offence.

A.B., well knowing that one, H.C., did on theday ofin the county ofand on other days thereafter receive, comfort, harbour, assist and maintain the said H.C.


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