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of any child, or for an offence under
section 46 or 47C, the jury are of the
opinion that the person charged is not
guilty of murder, manslaughter or of
an offence under section 46 or 47C,
as the case may be, but that he is shown
by the evidence to be guilty of an offence
under section 47B(1), the jury may find
him guilty of that offence, and there-
upon the person convicted shall be liable
to be punished as if he had been con-
victed upon indictment for an offence
under section 47B(1).
(2) Where upon the trial of a
woman for the murder of her child, being
a child under the age of 12 months, the
jury are of the opinion that she by any
wilful act or omission caused its death,
but that at the time of the act or
omission the balance of her mind was
disturbed by reason of her not having
fully recovered from the effect of
giving birth to the child or by reason
of the effect of lactation consequent
upon the birth of the child and it is
shown by the evidence that but for the
provisions of section 47C, she would
have been guilty of murder, the jury
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