{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009/section-57",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/25",
  "legislation_title": "Coroners and Justice Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coroners-and-justice-act-2009",
  "path": "section/57",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Infanticide (England and Wales)",
  "text": "(1) Section 1 of the Infanticide Act 1938 (c. 36) (offence of infanticide) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for “notwithstanding that” substitute “ if ”, and\n(b) after “murder” insert “ or manslaughter ”.\n(3) In subsection (2)—\n(a) for “notwithstanding that” substitute “ if ”, and\n(b) after “murder” insert “ or manslaughter ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 57 in force at 4.10.2010 by S.I. 2010/816, art. 5(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:44.377194+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}