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Crimes Act 1900
42Child destruction
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42 Child destruction
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;
for 15 years.