Sec. 14. In any indictment or information, an averment substantially in compliance with the provisions of this section shall be sufficient.
(a) The age of the defendant or the victim need not be alleged, except where the age of the defendant or the victim is an essential element of the offense charged.
(b) Averments as to any money or bills or notes or postal orders issued by any lawful authority and intended to pass and circulate as money are sufficient to be alleged simply as money without further identification.
(c) It is sufficient to describe a written instrument by any name or designation by which it is usually known or to aver generally the contents of such instrument.
(d) Averments of dates and numbers may be by words or figures or both.
As added by Acts 1981, P.L.298, SEC.3.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 35. Criminal Law and Procedure
Article 34. Bringing Criminal Charges
Chapter 1. Indictment and Information
35-34-1-1. Commencement of Prosecution; Filing; Sealing; Violation
35-34-1-2. Contents; Requisites; Form
35-34-1-2.5. Prior Convictions
35-34-1-3. Illegible or Lost Indictment or Information
35-34-1-4. Motion to Dismiss by Defendant; Grounds; Requisites; Disposition; Effect of Order
35-34-1-5. Amendment of Charge; Procedures; Limitations
35-34-1-6. Defective Indictment or Information; Dismissal; Exceptions
35-34-1-7. Grand Jury Proceedings; Violation of Ic 35-34-2; Dismissal
35-34-1-9. Joinder of Offenses or Defendants
35-34-1-11. Severance of Offenses or Separate Trial of Defendants Joined
35-34-1-12. Motion for Severance or Separate Trial; Time; Waiver or Bar
35-34-1-13. Motion to Dismiss by Prosecuting Attorney
35-34-1-14. Pleading Special Matters; Sufficiency
35-34-1-15. Incorrect Name of Defendant Immaterial
35-34-1-16. Perjury; Requisites
35-34-1-17. Forgery; Misdescription of Instrument Destroyed or Withheld by Defendant Immaterial