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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 47 Concealment of birth

CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 47

Concealment of birth

    (1)     A person who disposes of the dead body of a child (whether or not the child was born alive) with intent to conceal the child's birth is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction, by imprisonment for 2 years.

    (2)     It is a defence to a charge for an offence against subsection (1) if the accused satisfies the court or jury that the body disposed of had issued from the mother's body before the end of the 28th week of pregnancy.