Section 72Punishment of person guilty of one of several offences, the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which

Chapter III — Punishments

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In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is guilty of one of several offences, but it is doubtful of which of those offences he is guilty, the offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest punishment is provided.

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