Criminal Code (Cap. 9), article 476

476. ( 1 ) I f a w o m a n t r i e d f o r t h e m u r d e r o f h e r c h i l d o r f o r infanticide is acquitted thereof, it shall be lawful for the ju ry, by whose verdict such woman is acqu itted, to find, in case it shal l so satisfactorily appear in evidence, that such woman had given bi rth to a child and that, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of such child, she endeavoured to conceal the bir th thereof. Verdict in the case of theft, misappropriatio n or receiving stolen property. (2) If a person tried for the theft, whether simple or aggravate d, of any object is found not guilty of that charge, it shall be l awful for the jury to find him guilty of misappropriation of that obj ect or of the offence contemplated in article 334 with regard to that object, if there is proof to that effect; and, conversely, a pe rson tried for misappropriation or for the offence contemplated in a rticle 334 may be found guilty of theft, whether simple or aggravated, of the object concerned if there is proof to that effect: Provided that in no case sh all the punishment be more severe than that demanded in the indictment. Powers of court in case of incomplete or ambiguous verdict.