Sch 1 (The Criminal Code), s 577
In forceCharge of homicide of child
Schedule 1The Criminal Code
Part 8Procedure
577 Charge of homicide of child
However, upon an indictment charging a person with the murder of any person, or with unlawfully killing any person, if upon the evidence it appears that the person alleged to have been killed was a child of which a female had recently been delivered, the accused person may be convicted of an offence defined in section 313 or 314, if any offence under either of those sections is established by the evidence. sch 1 pt 8 ch 61 s 577 amd 1971 No. 41 s 7; 1997 No. 3 s 103
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