Subject to the provisions of the Termination of Pregnancy Act (Cap. 324), whoever voluntarily causes a woman with child to miscarry, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 3 years, or with fine, or with both; and if the woman’s pregnancy is of more than 16 weeks’ duration as calculated in accordance with section 4 of that Act, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 7 years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Section history
Section 312 — Causing miscarriage
As in force on 10 February 2020.
Timeline 5 versions
- 30 March 1987 Enacted
- 30 November 2008 Revised edition
- 1 January 2020 Act 15 of 2019
- 10 February 2020 You are here
- 31 December 2021 Revised edition
- 17 August 2026 Latest
Explanation.—A woman who causes herself to miscarry is within the meaning of this section.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 312]