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Offences against the Person
[1981 Ed.
Concealing birth of child.
Sodomy and bestiality.
1861 c. 100, s. 61.
Attempt to commit unnatural offence.
1861 c. 100, s. 62.
been guilty of murder, the jury may find her guilty of an offence under section 47C and she shall be liable to be punished as if she were guilty of manslaughter.
(3) Where upon the trial of any person for an offence under section 47B(1), the jury are of the opinion that the person charged is not guilty of that offence, but that he is shown by the evidence to be guilty of an offence under section 46, the jury may find him guilty of that offence, and thereupon the person convicted shall be liable to be punished as if he had been convicted upon indictment for an offence under section 46.
(4) Where upon the trial of any person for the murder or manslaughter of any child or for an offence under section 47B(1) or 47C the jury are of the opinion that the person charged is not guilty of murder, manslaughter or of an offence under section 47B(1) or 47C, as the case may be, and it appears in evidence that the child had recently been born and that such person did in any manner dispose of the dead body of the child with intent to conceal its birth, the jury may find such person guilty of an offence under section 48 and thereupon the person convicted shall be liable to be punished as if he had been convicted upon indictment for an offence under section 48.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4), a child shall be deemed to have recently been born if it had been born within 12 months before its death.
(6) Nothing in section 47B or 47C shall affect the power of the jury upon the trial of any person for the murder of any child to find him guilty of manslaughter or not guilty by reason of insanity.
(Added, 13 of 1981, s. 5)
CONCEALING THE BIRTH OF A CHILD
48. Any person who in any manner disposes of the dead body of a child with intent to conceal the fact of its birth, whether the child died before, or during, or after birth, commits an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for 2 years.
(Replaced, 13 of 1981, s. 6)
ABOMINABLE OFFENCES
49. Any person who is convicted of the abominable crime of buggery, committed either with mankind or with any animal, shall be guilty of felony, and shall be liable to imprisonment for life.
(Amended, 30 of 1911, ss. 2 and 5)
50. Any person who--
(a) attempts to commit the said abominable crime; or
(b) is guilty of any assault with intent to commit the same; or
of any indecent assault upon any male person.