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Section 91 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
91. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
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.
Related Sections
- Section 178: Counterfeiting coin, Government stamps, currency-notes or bank-notes
- Section 234: Issuing or signing false certificate
- Section 318: Cheating
- Section 187: Person employed in mint causing coin to be of different weight or composition from that fixed by law
- Section 337: Forgery of record of Court or of public register, etc
Related Acts
- Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Act, 2018
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015
- Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015
- Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (Production, Manufacture, Import, Export, Transport, Sale, Distribution, Storage and Advertisement) Act, 2019
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