CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 20AC

CRIMINAL LAW CONSOLIDATION ACT 1935 - SECT 20AC

20AC—Alternative verdicts

If—

            (a)         a jury is not satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that a charge of an offence against section 20AA or 20AB has been established; but

            (b)         the Judge has instructed the jury that it is open to the jury on the evidence to find the defendant guilty of a specified offence against this Act; and

            (c)         the jury is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the specified offence against this Act has been established,

the jury may return a verdict that the defendant is not guilty of the offence charged but is guilty of the specified offence against this Act.