Animal Protection Act 2018
112Alternative verdicts
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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 (b) the court is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the person committed the prosecuted offence; and (c) 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)