(a) Upon indictment or information for an offense under this chapter, a person may be convicted of a lesser included offense, as the case may be, upon the proofs.

(b) The time limitation created by subsection 4501(b) of this title for the crime of manslaughter shall not bar a conviction under this section. (Amended 1987, No. 60, § 4, eff. May 16, 1987; 1995, No. 27, § 2.)