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2020 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 12 - Criminal Procedure
Chapter 12-12 Indictments, Informations and Complaints
Section 12-12-18 Period of limitations extended by theft, loss or destruction of indictment or information.
Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 12-12-18 (2020)
§ 12-12-18. Period of limitations extended by theft, loss or destruction of indictment or information.
If any indictment found or information filed within the time limited in and by this chapter shall be stolen, lost, or destroyed before a judgment shall have been rendered, a new indictment may be found or information filed for the same offense at any time within one year after the theft, loss or destruction of the original indictment or information.
History of Section.
(G.L. 1896, ch. 285, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 34; G.L. 1909, ch. 354, § 13; P.L. 1915, ch. 1261, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 407, § 13; G.L. 1938, ch. 625, § 13; G.L. 1956, § 12-12-18; P.L. 1974, ch. 118, § 11.)
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