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Filing of original documents.

Criminal Procedure

[1972 Ed.

Provided that nothing herein contained, nor the enduring of such punishment, shall prevent or mitigate any punishment to which the offender might otherwise be lawfully sentenced on a subsequent conviction for any other felony.

(Amended, 50 of 1911; 21 of 1912, s. 2, and 27 of 1937, Schedule)

88. When a case has been finally disposed of, the Registrar shall file in his office or otherwise deal with as the court may direct, all the original documents in that case which have been transmitted to him by the committing magistrate.

(Replaced, 6 of 1954, s. 8)

PART V

PARTIES

Aiders, abettors and accessories,

1861 c. 94, s. S. 1952 c. 55, s. 35.

Penalties for assisting offenders. 1967 c. 58, s. 4.

89. Any person who aids, abets, counsels or procures the commission by another person of any offence shall be guilty of the like offence.

(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7)

90. (1) If a person has committed an arrestable offence, any other person who, knowing or believing him to be guilty of the offence or of some other arrestable offence, does, without lawful authority or reasonable excuse, any act with intent to impede his apprehension or prosecution shall be guilty of an offence.

(2) If on the trial of an indictment for an arrestable offence the jury are satisfied that the offence charged (or some other offence of which the accused might on that charge be found guilty) was committed, but find the accused not guilty of it, they may find him guilty of any offence under subsection (1) of which they are satisfied that he is guilty in relation to the offence charged (or that other offence).

(3) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable-

(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for ten

years; or

(b) on summary conviction, to a fine of five thousand dollars

and to imprisonment for two years.

(4) No proceedings shall be instituted for an offence under subsection (1) except with the consent of the Attorney General.

(5) Nothing in subsection (4) shall prevent the arrest, or the issue of a warrant for the arrest, of any person for an offence under subsection (1), or the remand in custody or on bail of a person charged with such an offence.

(Replaced, 5 of 1971, s. 7)