South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts112—Form of complaint, defects in substance or form of conviction and
amendment of complaint etc
(1) It shall be held
sufficient in any complaint under this Act if the complaint gives the accused
a reasonably clear and intelligible statement of the offence with which he is
charged.
(2) No conviction or
warrant of commitment shall be held void, invalid, or quashed for any defect
in substance or in form.
(3) The court shall
amend every complaint which, in its opinion, is defective or ought to be
amended upon such terms as to costs, adjournment, or otherwise as the court
thinks fit.
(4) Any special
magistrate may amend any conviction or warrant of commitment at any time after
it has been signed and before it has been executed.