IPC Section 89 - Act done in good faith for benef it of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian

89. Act done in good faith for benef it of child or insane person, by or by consent of guardian

Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a person under twelve years of age, or of unsound

mind, by or by consent, either express or implied, of the guardian or other person having l awful charge of

that person, is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause, or be intended by the doer to cause

or be known by the doer to be likely to cause to that person: Provided--

Provisos. First.--That this exception shall not extend to the intentional causing of death, or to the

attempting to cause death;

Secondly.--That this exception shall not extend to the doing of anything which the person doing

it knows to be likely to cause death, for any purp ose other than the preventing of death or grievous

hurt, or the curing of any grievous disease or infirmity;

Thirdly.--That this exception shall not extend to the voluntary causing of grievous hurt, or to the

attempting to cause grievous hurt, unless it be for the purpose of preventing death or grievous hurt, or

the curing of any grievous disease or infirmity;

Fourthly.--That this exception shall not extend to the abetment of any offence, to the committing

of which offence it would not extend.

Illustration

A, in good faith, for his child's benefit without his child's consent, has his child cut for the stone by a surgeon knowing i t to

be likely that the operation will cause the child's death, but not intending to cause the child's death. A is within the exce ption,

inasmuch as his object was the cure of the child.