Criminal Code Act 1995
Schedule
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The Criminal Code
Subdivision E
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Other rules about conduct of trials
SECTION 272.29
272.29
Double jeopardy
If a person has been convicted or acquitted in a country outside Australia of an offence against the law of that country in respect of any conduct, the person cannot be convicted of an offence against this Division in respect of that conduct.
Section 3
CHAPTER 8 - OFFENCES AGAINST HUMANITY AND RELATED OFFENCES Division 272 - Child sex offences outside Australia
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Hide history noteIf a person has been convicted or acquitted in a country outside Australia of an offence against the law of that country in respect of any conduct, the person cannot be convicted of an offence against this Division in respect of that conduct.
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