CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 152
Arraignment on charge of previous conviction
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 152
Arraignment on charge of previous conviction
152 Arraignment on charge of previous conviction
(1) An accused person is not to be arraigned for any previous conviction
charged in an indictment unless he or she is convicted of a subsequent offence
charged in the indictment.
(3) In the trial for the subsequent offence, evidence of
the previous conviction may not be admitted, except in reply to evidence of
character, unless the accused person is convicted of the subsequent offence.