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Attempt charged - full crime proved
Cap. 96, s. 138 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Where an attempt to commit a crime is charged, but the evidence establishes the commission of the full crime, the accused person shall not be entitled to be acquitted, but he may be convicted of the attempt and punished accordingly.
charged-full
(2) After a conviction for the attempt, the accused person shall not be liable to be prosecuted again for the crime which he was charged with attempting to commit.
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