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Criminal Code Act 1924
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315 Alternative statements
(1) Where an enactment constituting a crime states the crime to be the doing or the omission to do any one of any different acts in the alternative, or the doing or the omission to do any act in any different capacities, or with any one of any different intentions, or states any part of the offence in the alternative, the acts, omissions, capacities, or intentions or other matters stated in the alternative in the enactment may be stated in the alternative in the count charging the crime.
(2) This section shall not be construed to authorize the statement of more than one crime in one count.