Singapore legislation

Clause 300

of Criminal Procedure Code Bill

Clause 300

Judgment in alternative

When a person is found guilty of one of several possible offences under written law, but it is doubtful which of those offences he is guilty of, the court must record a conviction in the alternative, distinctly specifying those offences, and the offender must be punished for the offence carrying the lowest punishment if the same punishment is not provided for all.