Crimes Act 1900 No 40
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Part 3HomicideSection 20

20   Child murder—when child deemed born alive

On the trial of a person for the murder of a child, such child shall be held to have been born alive if it has breathed, and has been wholly born into the world whether it has had an independent circulation or not.
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