164 Laws of Malaysia Act 593 Plea of previous acquittal or conviction 303. (1) The plea of a previous acquittal or conviction may be pleaded either orally or in writing, and may be in the following form or to the following effect— The defendant says that by virtue of section 302 of the Criminal Procedure Code he is not liable to be tried. (2) Such plea may be pleaded together with any other plea, but the issue raised by the plea shall be tried and disposed of before the issues raised by the other pleas are tried. (3) On the trial in the High Court of an issue on a plea of a previous acquittal or conviction the depositions transmitted to the Court on the former trial, together with the notes of the Judge if available, and the depositions transmitted to the Court on the subsequent charge, shall be admissible in evidence to prove or disprove the identity of the charges. Part VII APPEAL AND REVISION Chapter XXX APPEALS TO THE HIGH COURT Appeals from Sessions Courts 303a. Any reference in this Chapter to a Magistrate and a Magistrate’s Court shall be deemed to include a reference to a Sessions Court Judge, or a Sessions Court, as the case may be; and the expressions “Magistrate” and “Magistrate’s Court” shall be construed accordingly. Cases in which no appeal lies 304. No appeal shall lie from a judgment, sentence or order of a Magistrate in the case of any offence punishable with fine only not exceeding twenty-five ringgit.

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