 bill no  108 of  2014 the prevention of female infanticide bill, 2014 byshri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mpa billto prevent female infanticidebe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-fifth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of female infanticide act, 2014short title and commencement(2) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions52 in this act, unless for context otherwise requires,(i) "girl child" means a girl upto the age of ten years; and (ii) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actfemale infanticide103 whoever causes, or does any act with the intention of causing death of a girl child or allows a sick girl child to die by deliberately not giving timely and proper medical assistance or does any act or neglects the care of the girl child which may result in her death, commits the offence of female infanticide4 (1) whenever a girl is born or a girl child dies, it shall be the duty of the parents orthe guardian of the child to inform the nearest health centre run by the government or 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 thehealth centre or such other authority, as may be prescribed for this purpose, has caused an investigation into the cause of the death of the child(3) the  investigation under sub-section (2) shall be completed within twenty-fourhours from the time the information about death is received105 if after a preliminary investigation into the cause of the death of a girl child, anyperson is found to have committed the offence of infanticide, he shall be taken into custody at oncearrest of person committing femaleinfanticidepunishment6 any person who commits or abets the commission of the offence of female infanticideor withholds information about the death of the girl child, shall be punished with imprisonment for a period of ten years and also with fine of rupees one lakh:15provided that any person who withholds information about the birth of a girl shall bepunished with imprisonment for a period of six monthsinvestigation and filing of report7 any inquiry or investigation into female infanticide and filing of reports or a suit ina court of law shall be completed within a period of three months from the date of the death of the girl child8 an offence under this act shall be non-bailable20offence to be non-bailable45 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 act2530(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 whichmay 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 still continuing in the country, birth of a girl child in an ordinary family is considered as inauspicious and a curse birth of a girl child is considered as a burden by poor families as a result, the number of cases of female infanticide has increased manifold 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 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 malady from the countryhence this billnew delhi;adhir ranjan chowdhuryjuly, 17, 2014 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, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha————abillto prevent female infanticide————(shri adhir ranjan chowdhury, mp)