Alternative verdicts
112 Alternative verdicts
The court may find a person not guilty of an offence for which the person was prosecuted but guilty of an alternative offence if:
(a) the person was charged with an offence against a provision mentioned in the following Table; and
the court is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person committed the prosecuted offence; and
the court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person committed the offence specified in the Table as the alternative offence for the prosecuted offence.
Table Alternative offences
Prosecuted offence |
Alternative offence |
section 24(1) to (7) |
23(1) |
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