New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 156

156 Plea of autrefois convict

(1) In any plea of autrefois convict, or of autrefois acquit, it is sufficient for the accused person to allege that he or she has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the offence charged in the indictment, without specifying the time or place of the previous conviction or acquittal.

(2) The issue of autrefois convict or autrefois acquit is to be determined by the court without the presence of a jury.