(1) The following matters, among others, shall be held to be within the provisions of section 1027—
(a) the statement of the adjudication, or of any other matter or thing, in the past tense instead of the present;
(b) the punishment imposed being less than the punishment by law assigned to the offence stated in the conviction or order, or minute or memorandum, or to the offence which appears by the written statements or depositions to have been committed;
(c) the omission to negative any circumstances, the existence of which would have made the act complained of lawful, whether such circumstances are stated by way of exception or otherwise in the section under which the offence is charged, or are stated in another section.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the generality of the provisions of section 1027.