Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015
Section 233 - On charge of defilement conviction of indecent assault may follow
Where on a trial for an offence of defilement, the facts proved in evidence warrant a conviction for an indecent assault and not the offence with which the defendant is charged, the defendant may be convicted of indecent assault although he was not charged with that offence.
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