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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 352: Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace
- Section 85: Husband or relative of husband of a woman subjecting her to cruelty
- Section 157: Public servant negligently suffering such prisoner to escape
- Section 34: Things done in private defence
- Section 210: Omission to Produce document or electronic record to public servant by person legally bound to produce it
Related Acts
- Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
- Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Act, 2021
- Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy Act, 2017
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