Clause 10

The Penal Code is amended by renumbering section 33 as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsection and illustration:“(2) To avoid doubt, where a person does a series of acts, one or more of which caused a certain effect, that person is regarded to have caused that effect by that series of acts even if it is not known which of the acts in that series caused that effect.IllustrationA gives Z small doses of poison in Z’s food at different times over the course of a few days, with intent to kill Z. Z dies from poisoning, although it is not known which of those doses (individually or collectively) caused Z’s death. A has caused Z’s death by poisoning.”.