LawgistThe Indian Penal Code
315Act 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.
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Of the causing of Miscarriage, of Injuries to unborn Children, of the Exposure of Infants, and of the concealment of Births
- 312 Causing miscarriage
- 313 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent
- 314 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage
- 315 Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause it to die after birth
- 316 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide
- 317 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care of it
- 318 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
