Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 598

598. (1) It shall be lawful, by leave of the court, to correct any error in the name of or other particulars relating to the person accused. (2) If the accused shall not take exception to any such error before pleading to the general issue of guilty or not guilty, the trial shall be proceeded with as if the name and particulars stated in the indictment were truly those of the accused: Provided that the court shall have power to make, at any subsequent stage, the addi tion of t he real name or th e true particulars, should these become known; in which case, the fact shall be noted down in the proceedings. Correction of errors in indictment resulting from evidence produced at trial. Amended by: IV.1856.44; IX.1857.17; V.1868.35; L.N. 46 of 1965; LVIII.1974.68.