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PUNISHMENT OF INCEST ACT 1908 - SECT 4

Prosecution of offences.

4.Subs.(1)(2) rep. by 1945 c.15 (NI) s.46 sch.4

(3) ... If, on the trial of any indictment for an offence under this Act, the
jury are satisfied that the defendant is guilty of any offence under sections
four or five of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, but are not satisfied
that the defendant is guilty of an offence under this Act, the jury may acquit
the defendant of an offence under this Act and find him guilty of an offence
under sections four or five of the Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1885, and he
shall be liable to be punished accordingly.

Subs.(4) rep. by SLR (NI) 1954

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