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Harm to a child at birth

Cap. 101, s. 128 · Revised Edition 2020

For the purposes of this Title, relating to causing harm to a living child during the time of its birth, (a) where harm is caused to a child during the time of its birth, or where upon the discovery of the concealed body of a child harm is found to have been caused to it, such harm shall be presumed to have been caused to the child before its death; (b) the expression “during the time of birth” includes the whole period from the commencement of labour till the time when the child so becomes a person as that it may be murder or manslaughter to cause its death.
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