Can. 1482
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In quolibet statu et gradu iudicii poenalis, si evidenter constat delictum non esse ab accusato patratum, iudex debet id sententia declarare et accusatum absolvere, etsi simul constat actionem poenalem esse exstinctam.
Wording unchanged since the Code took effect in 1991.
Read the whole title TITULUS XXVIIIDe Procedura in Poenis Irrogandis 1468–1487