Section 198Part 6 — Offences Against the Person
Infanticide
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198. Where a woman by any wilful act or omission causes the death of her child being under the age of one year, but at the time of the act or omission the balance of her mind was disturbed by reason of her not being fully recovered from the effect of giving birth to the child or by reason of the effect of lactation consequent upon the birth of the child, then, notwithstanding that the circumstances were such that but for this section the offence would have amounted to murder, she shall have committed the offence of infanticide and may, for such offence, be dealt with and punished as if she had been guilty of the offence of manslaughter.
Defined Terms
infanticide