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