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(b) it transfers the offence of infanticide (that
is, the killing of a child under 12 months of
age by a mother when the balance of her mind
is disturbed) from the Criminal Procedure
Ordinance to the Offences against the Person
Ordinance (new section 47C);
(c) it provides in relation to the trial of any
person for a criminal offence involving the
destruction of an unborn child or the killing
of a living child, for conviction on alternative
offences as follows
(i) a person found not guilty of murder,
manslaughter, procuring an abortion, or
infanticide may if the evidence so shows,
be found guilty of child destruction (new
section 47D(1));
(ii) a woman found not guilty of the murder
of her child, may if the child was under
12 months of age and if the evidence so
shows, be found guilty of infanticide
(new section 47D(2));
(iii) a person found not guilty of child
destruction, may if the evidence so shows,
be found guilty of procuring an abortion
(new section 47D(3));
(iv) a person found not guilty of murder,
manslaughter, infanticide or child destruc-
tion, may if the evidence so shows, be
found guilty of disposing of the dead
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