LawgistThe Coast Guard Act
68Prohibition of second trial
(1) When any person subject to this Act has been acquitted or convicted of an offence by a Coast Guard Court or by a criminal court or has been dealt with under section 57, he shall not be liable to be tried again for the same offence by a Coast Guard Court or dealt with under the said section.
(2) When any person, subject to this Act, has been acquitted or convicted of an offence by a Coast Guard Court or has been dealt with under section 57, he shall not be liable to be tried again by a criminal court for the same offence or on the same facts.
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COAST GUARD COURTS
- 64 Power to convene a Coast Guard Court
- 65 Composition of Coast Guard Courts
- 66 Dissolution of a Coast Guard Court
- 67 Powers of a Coast Guard Court
- 68 Prohibition of second trial
- 69 Application of Act during term of sentence
- 70 Place of trial
- 71 Choice between criminal court and Coast Guard Court
- 72 Power of criminal court to require delivery of an offender
