Section 330 — Crimes Act 1961: Crimes may be charged in the alternative

330 Crimes may be charged in the alternative (1) A count shall not be deemed objectionable on the ground that it charges in the alternative several different matters, acts, or omissions which are stated in the alternative in the enactment describing any crime, or declaring the matters, acts, or omissions charged to be a crime, or on the ground that it is double or multiple. (2) The accused may at any stage of the trial apply to the Court to amend or divide any such count on the ground that it is so framed as to embarrass him in his defence. (3) The Court, if satisfied that the ends of justice require it, may order any count to be amended, or divided into 2 or more counts;

and on the order being made that count shall be so divided or amended, and thereupon a formal commencement may be inserted before each of the counts into which it is divided. Compare: 1908 No 32 s 388