criminal-law
Can you double press charges on a person?
<p>Okay, let's just use Person A and B for the question.</p>
<p>Person A gets harassed by Person B. Then Person B takes all Person A's belongings and money, and he dumps it. Then Person A goes crazy red angry, then starts attacking Person B by punching, kicking, hair pulling, and then making Person B fall. Person B responds, but repeating it <em>harder,</em> until the point that it makes Person A call the police. Person A was so mad he wants to press charges for assault, 2 times. So, can you press charges two  times (double press charges)?</p>

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<p>See <a href="https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/FullText.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><em>Criminal Code</em></a>, s. 581(1):</p>
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<p>Each count in an indictment shall in general apply to a single transaction and shall contain in substance a statement that the accused or defendant committed an offence therein specified.</p>
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<p>If there were two assaults, not as part of a continuing transaction, these should be indicted as two separate counts.</p>
