Of Offencesaffectingthe Human Body
IPC Section 317 - Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care
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Simple language explanation
IPC Section 317 deals with exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care.
Full official legal text
317. Exposure and abandonment of child under twelve years, by parent or person having care
of it.--Whoever being the father or mother of a child under the age of twelve years, or having the care of
such child, shall expose or leave such child in any place with the intention of wholly abandoning such
child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven
years, or with fine, or with both.
Explanation.-- This section is not intended to prevent the trial of the offender for murder or culpable
homicide, as the case may be, if the child die in consequence of the exposure.
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