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Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act.
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4.—Section 40 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution for subsection (3) of the following subsection:
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“(3) Any number of persons may be charged in one indictment, with reference to the same theft, with having at different times or at the same time handled the stolen property or any part of it, and the persons so charged may be tried together.”; and
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(b) the substitution for paragraphs (j) and (k) of subsection (5) of the following paragraphs:
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“(j) Charges of stealing any property and of handling the same property or any part thereof may be included in separate counts of the same indictment and such counts may be tried together.
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(k) Any person or persons charged in separate counts of the same indictment with stealing any property and with handling the same property or any part thereof may be severally found guilty either of stealing or of handling the said property or any part thereof.”.
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