CAP. 75 Criminal Procedure Code [Rev. 2012] (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Director of Public Prosecutions, in the public interest and the orderly administration of justice, or the accused person, may apply to the court which passed the sentence to have the conviction and sentence procured pursuant to a plea agreement set aside on the grounds of fraud or misrepresentation. (3) Where a conviction or sentence has been set aside, under subsection (2), the provisions of section 137J shall apply mutatis mutandis. [Act No. 12 of 2012, Sch.] 137M. Protection of plea agreement process Notwithstanding anything contained in any written law for the time being in force, the statements or facts stated by an accused person in a plea agreement shall not be used for any other purpose except for the purpose of this Part. 137N. Application This Part shall not apply to— (a) offences under the Sexual Offences Act, 2006; (b) offences of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. [Act No. No. 3 of 2006.] 137O. Rules under this sub-Part The Attorney-General may make rules for the better carrying into effect the provisions of this Part and such rules shall apply mutatis mutandis to prosecutions conducted under section 88 of the Act. PREVIOUS CONVICTION OR ACQUITTAL 138. Persons convicted or acquitted not to be tried again for same offence A person who has been once tried by a court of competent jurisdiction for an offence and convicted or acquitted of that offence shall, while the conviction or acquittal has not been reversed or set aside, not be liable to be tried again on the same facts for the same offence. 139. Person may be tried again for separate offence A person convicted or acquitted of an offence may afterwards be tried for another offence with which he might have been charged on the former trial under section 135(1). 140. Consequences supervening or not known at time of former trial A person convicted or acquitted of an act causing consequences which together with that act constitute a different offence from that for which he was convicted or acquitted may be afterwards tried for the last-mentioned offence, if the consequences had not happened or were not known to the court to have happened at the time when he was acquitted or convicted. [Issue 1] C44 - 56

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