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Criminal Code Act 1983
228FAlternative verdicts
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228F Alternative verdicts
(1) This section applies if, in a proceeding against a person charged
with an offence against section 228C (the prosecuted offence),
the trier of fact:
committed the prosecuted offence; but
committed an offence against section 228D (the
alternative offence).
(2) The trier of fact may find the person not guilty of the prosecuted
offence but guilty of the alternative offence.