Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015

Section 220 - Effect of error

An error in stating the offence or the particulars required to be stated in a charge or an omission to state the offence or those particulars, or any duplicity, mis-joinder or non-joinder of the particulars of the offence shall not be regarded at any stage of the case as material unless the defendant was in fact misled by the error or omission.

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