Section 318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
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Act
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Section number
318
Section reader
Indian Penal Code, 1860
318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the death body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavors to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
