Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 ^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Long title	An Act to repeal and re-enact with modifications the provisions of the Infanticide Act, 1922, as applied to Northern Ireland by the Uniformity of Laws Act (Northern Ireland), 1922.
Citation	3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 5 (N.I.)
Territorial extent	Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	2 May 1939
Status: Amended
Revised text of statute as amended

The Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 (3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 5 (N.I.)) is an act of the Parliament of Northern Ireland. It makes similar provision to the Infanticide Act 1938 for Northern Ireland.

Contents

• Section 1 – Offence of infanticide
• Section 2 – Short title
• See also
• References
• External links

Section 1 – Offence of infanticide

Sections 1(1) and (2) are amended, with effect from 1 June 2011, ^[2] by section 58 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009.

The words "or a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity" in section 1(3) were substituted by Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/595) (NI 4).

Section 1(4) was repealed by the Criminal Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 (c. 18 (N.I.)).

Section 2 – Short title

Section 2(2) was repealed by Statute Law Revision Act (Northern Ireland) 1952.

Section 2(3) was repealed by the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (c. 33 (N.I.)).

See also

• Infanticide Act

References

External links

Wikiversity has learning resources about Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939

• The Infanticide Act (Northern Ireland) 1939, as amended from the National Archives.

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