The words at the end of section 1(3) were repealed by Part III of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Law Act 1967.

In R v Gore,[4] the Court of Appeal held that this expression meant "even if".

Proceedings against a woman for infanticide, if the injury alleged to have caused the death was sustained more than three years before the death occurred, or the person has previously been convicted of an offence committed in circumstances alleged to be connected with the death, may only be instituted by or with the consent of the Attorney General.

[7] The effect of the words "punished as if she had been guilty of the offence of manslaughter" is that a person convicted of infanticide is liable to imprisonment for life.

[8] Section 2(2) provides that the Act does not extend to Scotland or Northern Ireland.