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(b) But if, while A is beating Z, Y interferes, and A intentionally
strikes Y, here, as the blow given to Y is no part of the act whereby A
voluntarily causes hurt to Z, A is liable to one punishment for voluntarily
causing hurt to Z, and to another for the blow given to Y.
Punishment of a person found guilty of one of several offences,
the judgment stating that it is doubtful of which
72. In all cases in which judgment is given that a person is
guilty of one of several offences specified in the judgment, but
that it is doubtful of which of these offences he is guilty, the
offender shall be punished for the offence for which the lowest
punishment is provided, if the same punishment is not provided
for all.
73–74. (Deleted by F.M. Ord. 14 of 1953).
Punishment of persons convicted, after a previous conviction
of an offence punishable with three years imprisonment
75. Whoever, having been convicted of an offence punishable
under Chapter XII or Chapter XVII with imprisonment for a
term of three years or upwards, or having been convicted in
any other part of Malaysia, in the Republic of Singapore or in
the State of Brunei of an offence of a nature similar to any of
those offences, shall be guilty of any offence punishable under
either of those Chapters with imprisonment for a term of three
years or upwards, and shall be subject for every such subsequent
offence to double the amount of punishment to which he would
otherwise have been liable for the same.
Punishment of mandatory imprisonment for persons convicted
of multiple serious offences
75a. Whoever, having been convicted at least two times of a
serious offence and was punished with at least two years of
imprisonment for each of those convictions, shall be punished with
mandatory imprisonment for the third and subsequent offences
and the term of imprisonment shall not be less than double the
term of the longer term of imprisonment imposed for the previous
convictions.