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Supreme Court Act 1933
68GAlternative verdict—summary offence
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68G Alternative verdict—summary offence
(1) This section applies if, on the trial of a person for an indictable
offence against a territory law—
(a) the person is found not guilty of the offence but guilty of another
offence that, under that law, is an alternative offence; and
(b) the alternative offence is a summary offence.
(2) The court may sentence or otherwise deal with the person for the
alternative offence.
(3) In sentencing or otherwise dealing with the person, the court has the
same functions as the Magistrates Court.