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Act index » Part III - Procedure and punishment » Division 1 - Pleading procedure, proof &c. » Subdivision (19) - Verdicts. Attempts, &c.
426 Alternative verdict for identity crime offences
If, on the trial of a person charged with an offence against section 192B, the jury are not satisfied that the person charged is guilty of the offence charged but are satisfied that the person charged is guilty of an offence against section 192C, the jury may acquit the person charged of the offence charged and find the person charged guilty of an offence against section 192C and the person charged is liable to punishment accordingly.
S. 426 repealed by No. 9576 s. 11(1)(Sch.), new s. 426 inserted by No. 22/2009 s. 4.