Section 85: Previous conviction
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85. Previous conviction
(1) A previous conviction or attainder for the same offence in law and in
fact with that charged in an information or for an offence involving the same
offence in law and in fact with the one charged in the information, may be
pleaded in bar of such information.
(2) The rules relating to the pleading of a former acquittal shall, so far as
they are applicable, be applied to the pleading of a former conviction or
attainder.
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