Infanticide Act, 1949

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Number 16 of 1949.


INFANTICIDE ACT, 1949.


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

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Infanticide.

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Short title.

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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:—