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Penal Code, 1860 (Act No. XLV of 1860).
quick with child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a
term which may extend to seven years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Explanation.A woman who causes herself to miscarry, is within the meaning of
this section.
Causing miscarriage
without women's
consent
313. Whoever commits the offence defined in the last preceding section without
the consent of the woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall
be punished with 114[ imprisonment] for life, or with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Death caused by act
done with intent to
cause miscarriage
314. Whoever, with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman with child, does
any act which causes the death of such woman, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description
for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to fine,
If act done without
and if the act is done without the consent of the woman, shall be punished either
women's consent
with 115[ imprisonment] for life, or with the punishment abovementioned.
Explanation.It is not essential to this offence that the offender should know that
the act is likely to cause death.
Act done with intent
to prevent child being
born alive or to cause
it to die after birth
315. Whoever before the birth of any child does any act with the intention of
thereby preventing that child from being born alive or causing�� it to die after its
birth, and does by such act prevent that child from being born alive, or causes it
to die after its birth, shall, if such act be not caused in good faith for the
purpose of saving the life of the mother, be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, or with fine, or with both.
Causing death of
quick unborn child by
act amounting to
culpable homicide
316. Whoever does any act under such circumstances, that if he thereby caused
death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does by such act cause the
death of a quick unborn child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either
description for a term which may extend to ten years, and shall also be liable to
fine.
Illustration
A, knowing that he is likely to cause the death of a pregnant woman, does an
act which, if it caused the death of the woman, would amount to culpable
homicide. The woman is injured but does not die; but the death of an unborn
quick child with which she is pregnant thereby caused. A is guilty of the offence
defined in this section.
Exposure and
317. Whoever being the father or mother of a child under the age of twelve
years, or having the care of such child, shall expose or leave such child in any
place with the intention of wholly abandoning such child, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years,
or with fine, or with both.
Explanation. This section is not intended to prevent the trial of the offender for
murder or culpable homicide, as the case may be, if the child die in consequence
of the exposure.
Concealment of birth
318. Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a
abandonment of child
under twelve years
by parent or person
having care of it
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