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341: Charge of previous conviction
or “How to tell the court about someone's past crimes in a legal case”

You could also call this:

“This rule explains how you can question or challenge the charges brought against you in court.”

You can no longer object to an indictment. This part of the law was removed on 1 July 2013. An indictment is a formal document that lists the charges against someone in a criminal case. Before this change, you might have been able to raise issues with the indictment, but now that option is not available under this section of the Crimes Act 1961.

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Next up: 343: Indictment of parties

or “This rule explained how to accuse people who worked together to do something bad.”

Part 12 Procedure
Indictments

342Objections to indictment (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 342: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).