CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 42 Child destruction

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 42

A person who unlawfully and, either intentionally or recklessly, by any act or omission occurring in relation to a childbirth and before the child is born alive—

        (a)     prevents the child from being born alive; or

        (b)     contributes to the child's death;

is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 15 years.