Rape, etc., charged - other verdicts

If upon the trial of any indictment forcharged-other (a) rape, the jury is satisfied that the accused person is guilty of a crime under section 47 or 50 of the Code, or of an indecent assault, but is not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the crime charged in the indictment, or an attempt to commit such crime, the jury may acquit the accused person of the crime charged in the indictment and find him guilty of the crime as aforesaid, or of an indecent assault; CAP. 101. CAP. 101. (b) a crime under section 47 of the Code, the jury is satisfied that the accused person is guilty of indecent assault but is not satisfied that the accused person is guilty of the crime charged in the indictment, or an attempt to commit such crime, the jury may acquit the accused person of such crime and find him guilty of an indecent assault, and thereupon the accused person shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if he had been convicted upon an indictment for such crime as aforesaid or for the misdemeanour of indecent assault.