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Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011 Explanatory Notes

Plea in bar of trial

38.Sections 7 to 10 deal with a broader range of situations than that covered by the rule in section 1 against double jeopardy. These sections will prevent multiple trials for the same act, in particular, where the new offence charged is not the original offence (or an aggravated way of committing it).

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