 bill no 8 of  2013 the prevention of female infanticide bill, 2013 byshri rakesh singh, mp a billto prevent female infanticidebe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fourth year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this act may be called the prevention of female infanticide act, 2013short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—5(i) "girls child" means a girl upto the age of ten years; and (ii)  "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actfemale infanticide4 (1) whenever a female child is born or a girl child dies, it shall  be the duty of the parents or the guardian of the child to inform the nearest health centre, run by the government or to such authority, as may be prescribed for this purpose, about the birth or death of the girl childinformation about birth or death of a girl child to be given to authorities5(2) in case of death of a girl child, the child shall not be cremated or buried unless the health centre or the authority, as the case may be, has permitted the cremation or burial upon being informed about the cause of death of the girl child10(3) where an officer-in-charge of health centre or the authority, as the case may be, has any reasonable suspicion about the violation of the provisions of this act, such officer or the authority, as the case may be, shall hold an investigation into the cause of death of the girl child and make a report thereon within twenty-four hours5 if the findings of the report made under sub-section (3) of section 4 suggest commission of an offence of female infanticide, any person who appears to be prima facie involved  in the commission of the offence, shall be taken into custody at oncearrest of person committing female infanticide15investigation and filing of chargesheet6 any inquiry or investigation into the offence of female infanticide and filing of achargesheet in a court of law shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of the death of the girl child7  an offence under this act shall be non-bailableoffence to be non-bailablepunishment208 (1) any person who commits or abets the commission of the offence of femaleinfanticide or withholds information about the death of a girl child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period which shall not be less than ten years and also with fine of rupees one lakh(2) any person who withholds information about the birth of a female child shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of six months2545 of 1860act to have over-riding effect9 the provisions of this act and the rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in the indian penal code, 1860 or any other law for the time being in forcepower to make rules10 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act30 35(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonswith the menace of dowry system continuing in the country, birth of a girl child in an ordinary family is considered to be very inauspicious and a curse birth of a girl child is considered as a burden in poor families as a result, female infanticide is widely prevalent in the country thousands of innocent girls are dying prematurely as a result of inadequate care and indifference on the part of their families it is high time that this dastardly act is brought to an end however, in the absence of a stringent legislation it is quite difficult to put an end to this evil practiceit is, therefore, proposed to bring forward a legislation providing for severe punishment to those who commit female infanticide in order to eradicate this evil practice from the countryhence this billnew delhi;rakesh  singhdecember 12, 2012 memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 10 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only and as such the delegation of legislative power is of a  normal character lok  sabha—————abillto prevent female infanticide—————(shri rakesh singh, mp)gmgipmrnd—4643ls(s3)—08022013