Section 263 - “Causing Miscarriage Without Woman’s Consent”:
Whoever
commits the offence defined in section 262 without the consent of the
woman, whether the woman is quick with child or not, shall on conviction,
be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years and
may also be liable to fine.
Section 264 - “Death caused by act done with Intent to Cause Miscarriage”:
Whoever with intent to cause the miscarriage of a woman with child does
any act which caused the death of such woman, commits an offence and
shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years and may also be liable to fine. And, if the act is done
without the consent of the woman, the imprisonment may be for life or for
any lesser term.
Explanation:- It is not essential to this offence that the offender should
know that the act is likely to cause death.
Section 265 - “Causing Miscarriage Unintentionally”: Whoever uses force to any
woman and thereby unintentionally causes her to miscarry, commits an
offence and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term
not exceeding three years or with fine or with both; and if the offender
knew that the woman was with child, he shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or with fine or with
both.
Section 266 - “Act 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, and, if such act be not
caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the mother, he
commits an offence and shall on conviction, be punished with
imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or with fine or with both.
Section 267 - “Causing Death of quick unborn Child by Act Amounting to Culpable
Homicide”: Whoever does any act in such circumstances that, if he
thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide, and does
by such act cause the death of a quick unborn child, commits an offence
and shall on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not
exceeding ten years and may also be liable to fine.
Illustration:- (“A”), knowing that he is likely to cause the death of a
pregnant woman, does an act which, if it caused the death of the woman,
would amount to culpable homicide. The woman is injured but does not
die; but the death of a quick unborn child with which she is pregnant is
thereby caused. (“A”) is guilty of an offence under this section.
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