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Criminal Procedure Act 2011

General provisions - Conduct of proceeding - Further provisions relating to charges

144: Conviction of parties

You could also call this:

"What happens when you do something wrong with someone else"

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If you do something wrong with someone else, you can be found guilty. You can be found guilty of doing the wrong thing yourself, or of helping someone else do it. The charge against you will say what you did wrong, and how you were involved in the offence, if that is possible.

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Part 5General provisions
Conduct of proceeding: Further provisions relating to charges

144Conviction of parties

  1. Every person who is a party to any offence may be convicted either on a charge that the person committed that offence, where the nature of the charge allows, or on a charge specifying how the person was a party to that offence.

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