Infanticide Act, 1949

Number 16 of 1949.

INFANTICIDE ACT, 1949.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Number 16 of 1949.

INFANTICIDE ACT, 1949.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A WOMAN WHO WILFULLY CAUSES THE DEATH OF HER CHILD, BEING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF TWELVE MONTHS, MAY, UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, BE CONVICTED OF INFANTICIDE, AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [15th July, 1949.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—