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#### 23 Indictment may contain up to 3 similar counts
23 Indictment may contain up to 3 similar counts
> > (1) Up to 3 counts may be inserted in the same indictment, against the same person, for distinct offences of the same kind committed against the same person.
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> > (2) This section does not apply if more than 6 months have elapsed between the first and last of the offences.
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> > (3) Nothing in this section affects the right of the Crown to insert alternative counts in any indictment.
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> **ss 22–26 (previously ss 65–69):** Renumbered 2001 No 119, Sch 1 \[26\].