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Sec. 6 CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT, 1990
Procedure in cases of murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies.
Procedure in cases of murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies.
Procedure in cases of murder, and attempts, to which section 3 applies.
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6.—(1) Where a person is accused of murder to which section 3 applies or of any attempt to commit such a murder, he shall be charged in the indictment with murder to which that section applies or, as the case may be, with an attempt to commit such a murder.
(2) A person indicted for murder to which section 3 applies may—
(a) if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for such murder but warrants a conviction for murder, be found guilty of murder,
(b) if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for murder but warrants a conviction for manslaughter, be found guilty of manslaughter.
(3) A person indicted for an attempt to commit a murder to which section 3 applies may, if the evidence does not warrant a conviction for such an attempt but warrants a conviction for an attempt to commit murder, be found guilty of an attempt to commit murder.