Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870

The Female Infanticide Prevention Act, 1870 (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.

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