Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870

Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870 (Act VIII of 1870)
Governor-General of India in Council
  • An Act for the Prevention of the murder of Female Infants .
Enacted byGovernor-General of India in Council
Enacted18 March 1870
Commenced20 March 1870
Repealed by
Act 48 of 1952
Status: Repealed

The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870,[1] also Act VIII of 1870 was a legislative act passed in British India, to prevent murder of female infants. Section 7 of this Act declared that it was initially applicable only to the territories of Oudh, North-Western Provinces and Punjab, but the Act authorized the Governor General to extend the law to any other district or province of the British Raj at his discretion.[2]

  1. ^ "Indian Short Titles Act (XIV), 1897" in Government of India, Legislative Department (1899). The unrepealed general acts of the Governor General in Council: with chronological tables. From 1834 to 1903, both inclusive, Volume 6. Calcutta: Superintendent of Govt. Printing. p. 337. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
  2. ^ The Unrepealed General Acts of the Governor General in Council, p. PA165, at Google Books

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