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(꯱) ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯑꯁꯤꯁꯔꯨꯛꯁꯤꯡꯅꯁꯦꯝꯕꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯃꯁꯤꯒꯤꯁꯔꯨꯛꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯑꯗꯨꯃꯛꯅꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕ ꯑꯣꯏꯔꯕꯗꯤ, ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕꯃꯤꯑꯣꯏꯑꯗꯨꯃꯍꯥꯛꯅꯇꯧꯈꯤꯕꯃꯔꯥꯜꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗꯑꯃꯗꯒꯤꯍꯦꯟꯅꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕꯒꯤꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯄꯤꯔꯣꯏ, ꯃꯗꯨꯑꯁꯨꯝꯅꯃꯌꯦꯛꯁꯦꯡꯅꯄꯤꯗ꯭ꯔꯕꯗꯤ꯫ (꯲) ꯀꯗꯥꯏꯗ- (a) ꯀꯔꯤꯒꯨꯝꯕꯑꯃꯍꯥꯏꯕꯁꯤꯃꯇꯝꯈꯔꯒꯤꯑꯣꯏꯅꯆꯠꯅꯔꯤꯕꯑꯥꯏꯟꯑꯃꯍꯦꯛꯇꯒꯤꯇꯣꯉꯥꯟꯇꯣꯉꯥꯟꯕꯁꯟꯗꯣꯛꯅ ꯇꯥꯛꯄꯑꯅꯤꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯃꯁꯤꯗꯒꯤꯍꯦꯟꯅꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗꯆꯪꯂꯤꯕꯃꯔꯥꯜꯑꯃꯅꯤ, ꯃꯗꯨꯒꯤꯃꯅꯨꯡꯗꯃꯔꯥꯜꯂꯩꯕꯁꯤꯡꯑꯗꯨꯁꯟꯗꯣꯛꯅ ꯇꯥꯛꯂꯤꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯄꯤꯔꯤ; ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯀꯌꯥꯑꯃꯅꯁꯦꯝꯕ ꯃꯔꯥꯜꯒꯤꯋꯥꯌꯦꯜꯒꯤ ꯉꯝꯈꯩ꯫ (b) several acts, of which one or more than one would by itself or themselves constitute an offence, constitute, when combined, a different offence, the offender shall not be punished with a more severe punishment than the Court which tries him could award for any one of such offences. Illustrations. (a) A gives Z fifty strokes with a stick. Here A may have committed the offence of voluntarily causing hurt to Z by the whole beating, and also by each of the blows which make up the whole beating. If A were liable to punishment for every blow, he might be imprisoned for fifty years, one for each blow. But he is liable only to one punishment for the whole beating. (b) But, if, whileAis beating Z, Y interferes, andAintentionally strikesY, here, as the blow given to Y is no part of the act wherebyAvoluntarily causes hurt to Z,Ais liable to one punishment for voluntarily causing hurt to Z, and to another for the blow given to Y.