 bill no lvi of 2010 the prevention of female infanticide bill, 2010 a billto provide for measures to stop female infanticide and make it punishable with stringent penalty and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-first year of  the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the prevention of female infanticide  act, 2010short 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,—(i) ''girl child" means a girl upto the age of ten years; and (ii) ''prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this actfemale infanticide3 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 child is born or a girl child below ten years of age 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 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 authorities(2) in case of death of a girl child, the child shall not be cremated or buried unless the health 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-four hours from the time information about death is received5 if after a preliminary investigation into the cause of the death of a girl child, any person is found to have committed the offence of infanticide, he shall be taken into custody at oncearrest of person committing female infanticide punishment6 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 term which may extend to ten years and also with fine of rupees one lakh:provided that any person who withholds information about the birth of a girl child shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to 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 childoffence to be non-bailable2 of 19748 notwithstanding anything contained in the code of criminal procedure 1973, theoffence committed under this act shall be non-bailableact to have over-riding effect45 of 18609 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 the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rules forcarrying out the purposes of this act 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 a girl child is considered a burden by 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 health care and indifferent attitude 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 malady from the countryhence this billmohan singh 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———— a billto provide for measures to stop female infanticide and make it punishable with stringent penalty and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri mohan singh, mp)