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Crimes Act 1900
41Exposing or abandoning child
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41 Exposing or abandoning child
A person who unlawfully abandons or exposes a child under the age
of 2 years and by the abandonment or exposure endangers the life or
health of the child is guilty of an offence punishable, on conviction,