Northern Territory Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT (PROPERTY OFFENCES) ACT 2022 (NO 24 OF 2022) - SECT 19

Sections 322 and 323

repeal, insert

322     Charge of theft and criminal deception

    (1)     A person charged on indictment with the offence of theft in relation to property may alternatively be found guilty of obtaining the property by deception.

    (2)     A person charged on indictment with the offence of obtaining property by deception may alternatively be found guilty of theft of the property.

323     Charge of theft or receiving

    (1)     Subsection (2) applies in relation to a person who is charged on indictment with any of the following offences:

    (a)     theft of property;

    (b)     receiving property;

    (c)     theft of property or, alternatively, receiving the same property.

    (2)     The person may be found guilty of:

    (a)     theft of the property; or

    (b)     receiving the property; or

    (c)     either theft of or receiving the property.