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Attempt to commit an offence to be deemed an offence
38. A provision which constitutes an offence is, unless the contrary intention appears, deemed to provide also that an attempt to commit that offence shall be an offence against the provision, punishable as if the offence itself had been committed.
Imposition of penalty not a bar to civil action
39. The imposition of a penalty by any written law, in the absence of express provision to the contrary, does not relieve any person from liability to answer for damages to a person injured.
Provisions as to offences under 2 or more laws
40. Where any act or omission constitutes an offence under 2 or more written laws, the offender shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be liable to be prosecuted and punished under any one of those written laws but shall not be liable to be punished twice for the same offence.
Penalties prescribed to be deemed maximum penalties
41. Whenever in any written law a penalty is provided for an offence, such provision implies that the offence shall be punishable upon conviction by a penalty not exceeding (except as may be otherwise expressly mentioned in the written law) the penalty provided.
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