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 2 January 2021.
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Explanation.—A woman who causes herself to miscarry is within the meaning of this section.
[Indian PC 1860, s. 312]