104 Laws of Malaysia Act 593 (2) If the acts alleged constitute an offence falling within two or more separate definitions of any law in force for the time being by which offences are defined or punished, the person accused of them may be charged with and tried at one trial for each of those offences. (3) If several acts, of which one or more than one would by itself or themselves constitute an offence, constitute when combined a different offence, the person accused of them may be charged with and tried at one trial for the offence constituted by those acts when combined, or for any offence constituted by any one or more of those acts. (4) Nothing contained in this section shall affect section 71 of the Penal Code. ILLUSTRATIONS to subsection (1) (a) A rescues B, a person in lawful custody, and in so doing causes grievous hurt to C, a constable in whose custody B was. A may be charged with and tried for offences under sections 225 and 333 of the Penal Code. (b) A has in his possession several seals, knowing them to be counterfeit, and intending to use them for the purpose of committing several forgeries punishable under section 446 of the Penal Code. A may be separately charged with and convicted of the possession of each seal under section 473 of the Penal Code. (c) With intent to cause injury to B, A institutes a criminal proceeding against him, knowing that there is no just or lawful ground for such proceeding; and also falsely accuses B of having committed an offence, knowing that there is no just or lawful ground for such charge. A may be separately charged with and convicted of two offences under section 211 of the Penal Code. (d) A, with intent to cause injury to B, falsely accuses him of having committed an offence, knowing that there is no just or lawful ground for such charge. On the trial A gives false evidence against B, intending thereby to cause B to be convicted of a capital offence. A may be separately charged with and convicted of offences under sections 211 and 194 of the Penal Code. (e) A, with six others, commits the offence of rioting, grievous hurt, and assaulting a public servant endeavouring, in the discharge of his duty as such, to suppress the riot. A may be separately charged with and convicted of offences under sections 145, 325 and 152 of the Penal Code.

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