Suicide / Concealment of body of child

Question 1

Aiding and abetting suicide

s.179

Answer 1

a) incites, counsels or procures any person to commit suicide, if that person commits or attempts to commit suicide in consequence thereof or
b) aids or abets any person in the commission of suicide

Question 2

Suicide pact

2.180

Answer 2

2) where 2 or more people enter into a pact, if one or more kills themselves, an survivor is guilty of being a party to a death under s.180 = 5 years
3) suicide pact is a common agreement btw 2 or more people having for its object the death of them all

Question 3

Concealing dead body of child

s. 181

Answer 3

Everyone who disposes of the dead body of any child in any manner with intent to conceal the fact of its birth, whether the child dies before, during or after birth

Question 4

Term ‘child’

Answer 4

Child of comparatively recent birth