Section 135, The Criminal Procedure Act, 2024

(1) A person shall, by pleading generally the plea of - (a) "not guilty", be deemed to have put himself upon his trial; and (b) autrefois convict or autrefois acquit, it shall be sufficient for a person to state that he has been lawfully convicted or acquitted, as the case may be, of the offence charged in the indictment. (2) After a plea of not guilty it shall not be open to a defendant, except with the leave of the Court, to object that he is not properly upon his trial by reason of some defect, omission or irregularity relating to or arising out of the process leading to his