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Alternative verdicts.
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8.—(1) If, on the trial of a person for an offence consisting of or including the stealing, embezzlement or fraudulent conversion of any property, or the obtaining of any property by false pretences, or for an offence under section 29, 30 or 31 of the Principal Act, it is proved that the person handled the property the subject of the charge in such circumstances as to constitute an offence under section 33 (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act, he may be convicted of that offence, but shall not be sentenced to a term of imprisonment exceeding 10 years.
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(2) If, on the trial of a person for an offence, under section 33 (as substituted by this Act) of the Principal Act, of handling property alleged to have been stolen or alleged to have been embezzled, fraudulently converted or obtained by false pretences or by the commission of an offence under section 29, 30 or 31 of the Principal Act, it is proved that the person stole, embezzled or fraudulently converted the property or obtained it by false pretences or by the commission of an offence under section 29, 30 or 31 of the Principal Act, as the case may be, he may be convicted of the offence which he is proved to have committed as aforesaid.
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