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Section 315 - Indian Penal Code, 1860
Indian Penal Code, 1860
315. Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it 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 292A: Printing, etc., of grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail
- Section 195: Giving or fabricating false evidence with intent to procure conviction of offence punishable with imprisonment for life or imprisonment
- Section 149: Every member of unlawful assembly guilty of offence committed in prosecution of common object
- Section 171C: Undue influence at elections
- Section 495: Same offence with concealment of former marriage from person with whom subsequent marriage is contracted
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