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370: Jury retiring to consider verdict
or “The jury goes away to think about their decision in a trial.”
You could also call this:

“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.”

This part of the law used to be about something called a “motion in arrest of judgment” and sentencing. However, it’s no longer part of the law. On 1 July 2013, this section was taken out of the Crimes Act 1961. If you want to know more about why this change was made, you can look at section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011.

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or “This law allowed mistakes in sentences to be fixed, but it's no longer used.”
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Part 12 Procedure
Trial and sentence

371Motion in arrest of judgment. Sentence (Repealed)

    Notes
    • Section 371: repealed, on , by section 6 of the Crimes Amendment Act (No 4) 2011 (2011 No 85).