Form of Charges
Specific name of offence sufficient description
How stated where offence has no specific name
Previous conviction when to be set out
222. Particulars as to time, place and person
223. When manner of committing offence must be stated
224. Words in charge taken in sense of law under which offence is punishable
228. When trial may proceed immediately after alteration
229. When new trial may be directed, or trial suspended
230. Stay of proceedings if prosecution of offence in altered charge require previous sanction
231. Recall of witnesses when charge altered
Joinder of Charges
233. Separate charges for distinct offences
234. Three offences of same kind within year may be charged together
235. Trial for more than one offence
Offence falling within two definitions
Acts constituting one offence, but constituting when combined a different offence
236. Where it is doubtful what offence has been committed
237. When a person is charged with one offence, he can be convicted of another
238. When offence proved included in offence charged
239. What persons may be charged jointly
240. Withdrawal of remaining charges on conviction on one of several charges
