Sec. 47.
No indictment is invalid by reason of any repugnant allegations contained therein, provided that an offense is charged. All unnecessary allegations shall be rejected as surplusage.
History: 1927, Act 175, Eff. Sept. 5, 1927 ;-- CL 1929, 17261 ;-- CL 1948, 767.47
Former Law: See section 8 of Act 77 of 1855, being CL 1857, § 6054; CL 1871, § 7923; How., § 9534; CL 1897, § 11919; and CL 1915, § 15746.