{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:article:98","workId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:criminal-procedure:2015:en","title":"Discharge","number":"98","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/98/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK III — PROSECUTION AND TRIAL","title":"TITLE I — PROCEDURE AT COMMENCEMENT OF PROSECUTION","chapter":"Chapter 1. — Charge"},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Where a charge is withdrawn before plea and no new charge is framed in accordance with Article 95, the accused shall be discharged.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/criminal-procedure-code-2015/article/98/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"criminal-procedure-code-2015-en","pdfPage":86,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/criminal-procedure-code-2015/page/86/?article=98&paragraph=lead#article-98-lead"}]}],"caution":"English-language 2015 Ministry of Justice edition. Refworld catalogues the English text as an unofficial translation. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation or whether this text reflects later legal changes."}