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Criminal Code Act 1983
320Charge of causing event, &c.
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320 Charge of causing event, &c.
(1) Upon an indictment charging a person with an offence of which
causing an event is an element he may be found guilty alternatively
of any offence of which causing an event of a similar, but less
injurious, nature is an element.
(2) Upon an indictment charging a person with an offence of which an
intent to cause an event is an element he may be found guilty
alternatively of any offence of which the unlawful causing of that
event is an element.
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