Chapter XVI · Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

Isqat-i-Janin (اسقاط جنین)

Section 338-B · Pakistan Penal Code

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Whoever causes a woman with child some of whose limbs or organs have been formed to miscarry, if such miscarriage is not caused in good faith for the purpose of saving the life of the woman, is said to cause isqat-i-janin.

Explanation. __ A woman who causes hereself to miscarry is within the meaning of this section.