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IPC Section 318 - Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
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IPC Section 318 deals with concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
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318. Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body. Whoever, by secretly burying or
otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth,
intentionally conceals or endeavors to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
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