3. Homicide-Related Offences - Concealment of the Body of a Child

Question 1

Outline section 181?

Answer 1

181 Concealing dead body of child
Every one is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years who disposes of the dead body of any child in any manner with intent to conceal the fact of its birth, whether the child died before, or during, or after birth.

Question 2

Outline child as it relates to section 181?

Answer 2

While the term “child” is not defined, the provision is evidently intended to
refer to a child of comparatively recent birth.

Question 3

What is meant by intent to conceal?

Answer 3

The requirement that the act of disposal must be done with the intent of concealing the fact of birth may be satisfied even though the birth was known to some people but not others.