10C
In forceConviction of alternative offence, consequences of
Part IIntroductory
Chapter IIAAlternative offences
10C Conviction of alternative offence, consequences of
(1)
If a person is charged with an offence and, under this Code, is convicted by a court of some other offence, the person is liable to the penalty to which the person would be liable if the person had been charged before that court with the other offence.
(2)
If a person charged in an indictment with an indictable offence is convicted of a simple offence that is an alternative offence for the indictable offence, then, for the purposes of any appeal against the conviction, the person is to be taken to have been convicted of the simple offence on indictment.
[Section 10C inserted: No. 70 of 2004 s. 36(2).]
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