Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Administration of Justice Law (No. 44 of 1973) - Sect 113

If offence proved is included in offence charged

113.
(1) When a person is charged with an offence consisting of several particulars a combination of some only of which constitutes a complete minor offence and such combination is proved but the remaining particulars are not proved he may be convicted of the minor offence though he was not charged with it.
(2) When a person is charged with an offence and facts are proved which reduce it to a minor offence he may be convicted of the minor offence although he was not charged with it.
(3) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to authorize a conviction for any offence for the prosecution of which previous sanction is necessary until sanction is obtained.


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