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Criminal Code Act 1899
sch.1-sec.501AContradictory statements
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### sch.1-sec.501A Contradictory statements
If, on the trial for a person under section 501 , the jury is satisfied—
the accused has made 2 statements and 1 is irreconcilably in conflict with the other; and
the accused made 1 of the statements knowing it to be false;
but the jury is unable to say which statement was falsely made, the jury may make a special finding to that effect and find the accused guilty of the offence.
sch 1 pt 6 div 3 ch 49 s 501A ins 1997 No. 3 s 92 (amd 1997 No. 9 s 3 sch 1 )
- (a) the accused has made 2 statements and 1 is irreconcilably in conflict with the other; and
- (b) the accused made 1 of the statements knowing it to be false;