187. Where the accused is reported by the Registrar of Fingerprints to have previously committed an offence-
| (a) if the accuse d pleads guilty to or is convicted of the offence with which he is charged, he shall then be asked whether he admits the previous conviction; |
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| (b) if he admits the previous conviction, the Judge may proceed to pass judgment on him accordingly; |
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but if he denies that he has been so previously convicted or refuses to or does not answer such question, the Judge shall proceed to take evidence in proof of such of the convictions as the accused does not admit in the manner provided in subsection (2) of section 170. |
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