Criminal Code Act 1924
342AAAlternative verdicts
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342AA Alternative verdicts
[Section 342AA Amended by No. 32 of 1997, s. 4, Applied:06 Nov 1997] Subject to section 332(2) , an accused person charged in an indictment with –
(a) attempting to commit a crime may be convicted of committing or attempting to commit any of the alternative crimes available under this Chapter on an indictment charging the accused person with having committed that crime; or
(b) [Section 342AA Amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:20 May 1998] being an accessory after the fact to a crime or inciting another person to commit a crime may be convicted, respectively, of being an accessory after, or inciting that other person to commit, any of the alternative crimes available under this Chapter on an indictment charging the accused person with having committed that crime.