[Rev. 2012]
Criminal Procedure Code
CAP. 75
coin, bank notes and currency notes may be described as
money; and an allegation as to money, so far as regards the
description of the property, shall be sustained by proof of an
amount of coin or of any bank or currency note (although the
particular species of coin of which the amount was composed or
the particular nature of the bank or currency note is not proved);
and, in cases of stealing and defrauding by false pretences,
by proof that the accused person dishonestly appropriated or
obtained any coin or any bank or currency note, or any portion
of the value thereof, although the coin or bank or currency note
may have been delivered to him in order that some part of the
value thereof should be returned to the party delivering it or to
another person and that part has been returned accordingly;
Description of persons.—the description or designation in a charge
or information of the accused person, or of another person to whom
reference is made therein, shall be reasonably sufficient to identify
him, without necessarily stating his correct name, or his abode, style,
degree or occupation; and if, owing to the name of the person not
being known, or for any other reason, it is impracticable to give such a
description or designation, a description or designation shall be given
as is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, or the person may
be described as “a person unknown”;
Description of document.—where it is necessary to refer to a
document or instrument in a charge or information, it shall be sufficient
to describe it by any name or designation by which it is usually known,
or by the purport thereof, without setting out a copy thereof;
General rule as to description.—subject to any other provisions of this
section, it shall be sufficient to describe a place, time, thing, matter, act
or omission to which it is necessary to refer in a charge or information
in ordinary language so as to indicate with reasonable clearness the
place, time, thing, matter, act or omission referred to;
Statement of intent.—it shall not be necessary, in stating an intent to
defraud, deceive or injure, to state an intent to defraud, deceive or
injure a particular person, where the enactment creating the offence
does not make an intent to defraud, deceive or injure a particular
person an essential ingredient of the offence;
Mode of charging previous convictions.—where a previous conviction
of an offence is charged in a charge or information, it shall be charged
at the end of the charge or information by means of a statement that
the accused person has been previously convicted of that offence at
a certain time and place without stating the particulars of the offence;
Use of figures and abbreviations.—figures and abbreviations may be
used for expressing anything which is commonly expressed thereby;
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