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Section 93 - The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Of offences against child
93. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
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.
Related Sections
- Section 32: Act to which a person is compelled by threats
- Section 350: Making a false mark upon any receptacle containing goods
- Section 77: Voyeurism
- Section 243: Fraudulent removal or concealment of property to prevent its seizure as forfeited or in execution
- Section 301: Trespassing on burial places, etc
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