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\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6173974\charrsid6173974  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3886492\charrsid6173974 Mr N. Vere for Appellant
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\par This appeal is allowed because the statute under which the charge was laid, that is the Prevention of Fires Act, Cap. 145, has been repealed by the Forests Decree 1992.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6173974  }{
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\par The mistake in this case in laying the charge under the wrong law was an understandable one, particularly in Lakeba where neither police nor magistrate have easy access to law books.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6173974  }{
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As such the application for costs is refused.
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\par At Suva
\par 24th May 2002
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