Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929

The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929[1]

Long title An Act to amend the law with regard to the destruction of children at or before birth.
Citation 19 & 20 Geo.5 c.34
Territorial extent England and Wales[2]
Dates
Royal Assent 10 May 1929
Commencement 10 May 1929[3]
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It creates the offence of child destruction.

The Bill for this Act was initially introduced as the Child Destruction Bill. It was reintroduced in the next session as the Preservation of Infant Life Bill.[4]

It also amended the law (Offences against the Person Act 1861) so that an abortion carried out in good faith, for the sole purpose of preserving the life of the mother, would not be an offence.

References

  1. ↑ This short title is conferred by section 3(1) of this Act.
  2. ↑ This is the effect of section 3(2) of this Act and the presumption that an Act of Parliament applies to the United Kingdom unless the contrary is specified
  3. ↑ This Act came into force on the date that it received royal assent because no other date was specified: Acts of Parliament (Commencement) Act 1793
  4. ↑ HL Deb. Vol 72. 269.

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