Section 378: Contents of information

(1) An information shall contain:
(a) a description of the offence charged in the information or, where more than one offence is so charged, of each offence so charged, and each offence charged shall be set out in a separate paragraph known as count;
(b) a count of an information shall commence with a statement of offence charged.
(c) the statement of offence which shall, briefly describe the offence charged in ordinary language, avoiding where possible the use of technical terms and all the essential elements of the offence, and, where the offence charged is one created by a law, shall contain a reference to that law;
(d) the particulars of offence, which shall be set out in ordinary language;
(e) the law and section of the law against which the offence is alleged to have been committed;
(f) where the law that creates the offence does not give it any specific name, such definition of the offence may be made to give the defendant notice of the offence with which he is charged.
(2) A charge is presumed to have fulfilled every condition required by law to constitute an offence however, where a law limits the particulars of an offence which are required to be given in an information, nothing in this subsection shall require any more particulars to be given than those so required.
(3) Where an information contains more than one count, the counts shall be numbered consecutively.
(4) The forms set out in the Third Schedule to this Act or forms conforming to them as nearly as possible may be used in the cases to which they are applicable.
(5) In other cases, forms to the like effect or conforming to them as nearly as may be used, where applicable.
(6) A statement of offence and the particulars of the offence may be varied according to the circumstances of each case.