An error on an indictment in respect of the date of the Act under which a charge of rape had been made was a procedural error that caused no prejudice and did not render the indictment or the trial a nullity, as the offender had been aware of the case he had to meet and the trial had proceeded on the basis of the correct Act.
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE RULES 2013 r.14.2 DATES EFFECT OF ERROR IN DATE OF SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT IN STATEMENT OF OFFENCE INDICTMENTS INDICTMENTS ACT 1915 s.3 LEGISLATION PROCEDURAL IRREGULARITY RAPE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1956 SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 2003 TRIAL PROCEEDING ON BASIS OF CORRECT ACT VALIDITY
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