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The applicable practice and the duty of the prosecution in drafting charges

The principle that the offence charged is created by the provision creating the offence and not the provision defining it.

The rules of drafting charges

Whether an error in a technical nature such as a charge laid under a wrong provision is fatal

Whether charging an accused person under a wrong law is fatal

Whether the offence-creating section of the law is what is quoted in the statement of offence

Whether the prosecution must follow the words of the provision in drafting charges

Whether two distinct offences can be put together as one count

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