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369A: Prosecution may withdraw in certain cases
or “The law used to let people who started a case stop it if they wanted to, but this rule doesn't exist anymore.”
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“The jury goes away to think about their decision in a trial.”

This part of the law used to be about what happens when a jury goes away to think about their decision in a trial. However, this section doesn’t exist anymore. It was taken out of the law on 29 June 2009. This change only affects trials where a jury is chosen on or after that date. The law that removed this section is called the Juries Amendment Act 2008.

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or “This rule used to explain how to ask for a different decision or get a sentence after a trial, but it's not used anymore.”
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Part 12 Procedure
Trial and sentence

370Jury retiring to consider verdict (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 370: repealed, on (applying only to any trial for which a jury is constituted on or after that date), by section 19(2) of the Juries Amendment Act 2008 (2008 No 40).