Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-11
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If there be in any other provision of the laws of this state a
provision making any specific act or omission criminal and providing
the punishment therefor, and there be in this title any provision or
section making the same act or omission a criminal offense or
prescribing the punishment therefor, that offense and the punishment
thereof, shall be governed by the special provisions made in
relation thereto, and not by the provisions of this title. But an
act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by
different provisions of this title may be punished under any of such
provisions, except that in cases specified in Sections 51.1 and 54
of this title, the punishments therein prescribed are substituted
for those prescribed for a first offense, but in no case can a
criminal act or omission be punished under more than one section of
law; and an acquittal or conviction and sentence under one section
of law, bars the prosecution for the same act or omission under any
other section of law.
R.L. 1910, § 2092. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 199, § 1; Laws 1987, c.
226, § 1, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 14, eff. July
1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999;
If there be in any other provision of the laws of this state a
provision making any specific act or omission criminal and providing
the punishment therefor, and there be in this title any provision or
section making the same act or omission a criminal offense or
prescribing the punishment therefor, that offense and the punishment
thereof, shall be governed by the special provisions made in
relation thereto, and not by the provisions of this title. But an
act or omission which is made punishable in different ways by
different provisions of this title may be punished under any of such
provisions, except that in cases specified in Sections 51.1 and 54
of this title, the punishments therein prescribed are substituted
for those prescribed for a first offense, but in no case can a
criminal act or omission be punished under more than one section of
law; and an acquittal or conviction and sentence under one section
of law, bars the prosecution for the same act or omission under any
other section of law.
R.L. 1910, § 2092. Amended by Laws 1970, c. 199, § 1; Laws 1987, c.
226, § 1, operative July 1, 1987; Laws 1997, c. 133, § 14, eff. July
1, 1999; Laws 1999, 1st Ex. Sess., c. 5, § 5, eff. July 1, 1999;
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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