In this paper we define Infanticide as a deliberate, intentional act of child-killing, and we believe that this element of intent to cause the child's death is the most essential factor in deciding whether the death of a child was a wilful murder, or whether it was the result of (often culpable) neglect, ommission, or ...

What are the elements of infanticide?

In his analysis of the then Section 262, 2, Judge McRuer considered the elements of the offence of infanticide as: the accused must be a woman; she must have caused the death of a child; the child must have been newly born; the child must have been a child of the accused; the death must have been caused by a wilful act ...

What is the article of infanticide?

Infanticide. – The penalty provided for parricide in Article 246 and for murder in Article 248 shall be imposed upon any person who shall kill any child less than three days of age.