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Effect where previous crime charged was without aggravation

Cap. 96, s. 94 · Revised Edition 2020

(1) Where an indictment charges substantially the same crimes as that charged in the indictment on which the accused person was given in charge on a former trial, but adds a statement of intention or circumstances of aggravation tending, if proved, to increase the punishment, the previous acquittal or conviction shall be a bar to the subsequent indictment. (2) A previous acquittal or conviction on an indictment for murder shall be a bar to a second indictment for the same homicide charging it as manslaughter, and a previous acquittal or conviction on an indictment for manslaughter shall be a bar to a second indictment for the same homicide charging it as murder. 72
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