§ 900.02, Fla. Stat. · Chapter 900. GENERAL PROVISIONS
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The Criminal Procedure Law shall become effective at 12:01 a.m., January 1, 1971, and shall govern the procedure in all criminal cases instituted after that time.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
s. 321, ch. 19554, 1939; CGL 1940 Supp. 8663(334); s. 1, ch. 70-339.
Note
Note.—Former s. 925.02.
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