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PART IV. CRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGSIN CRIMINAL CASES

TITLE II. PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

CHAPTER 277. INDICTMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS BEFORE TRIAL

LIMITATION OF CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS

Chapter 277: Section 64. Limitation of new indictment against corporation after abatement or defeat of former indictment

Section 64. If an indictment, duly found and returned within the time limited by law against a corporation to recover a pecuniary penalty, is abated or otherwise avoided or defeated by reason of any matter of form, or if after a verdict against such corporation judgment is arrested, or if a judgment against such corporation is reversed on writ of error, a new indictment for the same cause may be found and filed within one year after the abatement of the former indictment or the reversal of the judgment as aforesaid.