BNS · Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
Section 91 — Act done with intent to prevent child being born alive or to cause to die after birth.
Replaces IPC Section 315.
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.
Nearby sections
- 88 Causing miscarriage.
- 89 Causing miscarriage without woman's consent.
- 90 Death caused by act done with intent to cause miscarriage.
- 92 Causing death of quick unborn child by act amounting to culpable homicide.
- 93 Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years of age, by parent or person having care of it.
- 94 Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
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