BOOK I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
TITLE viii
LAW AS TO PUNISHMENTS
Miscellaneous
129. Cases where one act constitutes several offences, or where several acts are done in execution of one criminal purpose.
With respect to cases where one act constitutes several offences or where several acts are done in execution of one criminal purpose, the following provisions shall have effect, that is to say —
(1) where a person does several acts against or in respect of one person or thing, each of which acts is an offence, but the whole of which acts are done in execution of the same design, and, in the opinion of the court before which the person is tried, form one continuous transaction, the person may be punished for the whole of such acts as one offence or for any one or several of such acts as one offence, and all or any of the acts proved to have been committed may be taken into consideration in awarding punish¬ment, but he shall not be liable to separate punishments as for several offences;
(2) if a person by one act assaults, harms or kills several persons, or in any manner causes injury to several persons or things, he shall be punish¬able only in respect of one of the persons so assaulted, harmed or killed, or of the persons or things to which injury is so caused, but in awarding punishment the court may take into consideration all the intended or probable consequences of the crime; and
(3) if, when a person is charged with an offence part only of such charge is proved, which part amounts to an offence other than that charged and being, in the opinion of the court, an offence committed in execution of the same design as is specified in the charge, he shall be punishable in respect of the offence which he is proved to have committed, although he was not charged with it, or he may be punishable for an attempt to commit the offence charged, although not charged with the attempt:
Provided that on a count charging murder, if the evidence proves manslaughter, or any crime or offence other than murder, the accused shall (subject to the special provisions contained in Title xx, section 312) not be punishable for any offence other than manslaughter .
Multiplicity of criminal offences
Aggregation of criminal offences
Joint sentence following multiple convictions - national proceedings
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