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- (b) in the 1916 c. 50.Companies Act 1948, in section 328(2), there shall be omitted paragraph (a) and in paragraph (b) the words “in Scotland”.
(3) In section 37(1) of the Larceny Act 1916 (which provides for an increased punishment for simple larceny after a previous conviction of felony) for the expression “felony” there shall be substituted the expression “an arrestable offence”, and accordingly in section 37(2)(a) after the words “indictable misdemeanour punishable under this Act” there shall be inserted the words “not being an arrestable offence”.
(4) In section 39(2) and (3) of the Larceny Act 1916 (trial in one part of the United Kingdom of persons having or receiving property stolen or feloniously taken in another part) for the word “feloniously” there shall be substituted the word “criminally”; and the like substitution shall be made in section 40(3) (joinder of accused in indictment for feloniously receiving).
(5) In section 54 of the 1953 c. 36.Post Office Act 1953 (which makes receivers of mail bags and other articles feloniously stolen etc. liable to the same punishment as the principal felon) for the words “a felony” there shall be substituted the words “an offence”, and the word “feloniously” shall be omitted.
(6) Nothing in this Act shall affect the punishment provided by section 33 of the Larceny Act 1916 for offences committed before the commencement of Part I of this Act.
Amendments related to alternative verdicts
13.—(1) The following provisions (under which on a trial on indictment a person may be found guilty of certain offences if found not guilty on a charge of another offence) shall cease to have effect:
- (a) in the 1861 c. 100.Offences against the Person Act 1861, section 60 proviso as extended by any subsequent enactment (conviction of concealment of birth on charge of murder, child destruction or infanticide);
- (b) in the Larceny Act 1916, section 44(1) (conviction of assault with intent to rob on charge of robbery);
- (c) in the 1933 c. 12.Children and Young Persons Act 1933, section 1(4) (conviction of cruelty to person under 16 on charge of infanticide or, in certain cases, of manslaughter);
- (d) in the 1956 c. 69.Sexual Offences Act 1956, in Schedule 2,—
- (i) in item 1(a), paragraphs (iv), (v), (vi) and (viii) in column 4 (conviction of intercourse with girl under 13, or under 16, or with defective, or of incest, on charge of rape);
- (ii) in item 2(a) the whole entry in column 4 (conviction of procuring intercourse by threats, by false pretences or by administering drugs, or of intercourse with girl under 16, or with defective, on charge of intercourse with girl under 13);
