If the evidence on a charge of murder or attempted murder does not prove the offence of murder or, as the case may be, attempted murder, but—
| (a) | the offence of culpable homicide; |
| (b) | the offence of assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm; |
| (c) | the offence of robbery; |
| (d) | in a case relating to a child, the offence of exposing an infant, whether under a statute or at common law, or the offence of disposing of the body of a child, in contravention of section 113 of the General Law Amendment Act, 1935 (Act No. 46 of 1935), with intent to conceal the fact of its birth; |
| (e) | the offence of common assault; |
| (f) | the offence of public violence; or |
| (g) | the offence of pointing a fire-arm, air-gun or air-pistol in contravention of any law, |
the accused may be found guilty of the offence so proved.
