Heritage Act 2011
115Alternative verdicts
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115 Alternative verdicts (1) This section applies if, on the trial of a person charged with an offence against a provision mentioned in the following Table (the prosecuted offence), the trier of fact: (a) is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt the person committed the prosecuted offence; but (b) is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt the person committed the offence, or the offence of attempting to commit the offence, mentioned in the Table opposite the prosecuted offence (the alternative offence). (2) The trier of fact may find the person not guilty of the prosecuted offence but guilty of the alternative offence. Table Alternative verdicts Prosecuted offence Alternative offence section 111(1) section 111(2) section 112(1) section 112(2) section 113(1) section 113(2)