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Single Act and Multiple Acts

Several offenses: one act or several acts?

If someone commits several offenses through a single action, this is a single act (Tateinheit); several independent actions constitute multiple acts (Tatmehrheit). This affects sentencing: in the case of multiple acts, an overall sentence is formed from the individual sentences.

The relevant statutes

§ 52 StGB§ 53 StGB

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