Indian Penal Code
IPC 318 is now BNS 94.
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IPC 1860 · Ch. XVI
s. 318
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body
Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavors to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from the official India Code PDF
New · BNS 2023 · Ch. V
s. 94
Concealment of birth by secret disposal of dead body.
Whoever, by secretly burying or otherwise disposing of the dead body of a child whether such child die before or after or during its birth, intentionally conceals or endeavours to conceal the birth of such child, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.
Text from India Code