South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) Any person who, by
any secret disposition of the dead body of a child, whether the child died
before, at or after its birth, endeavours to conceal the birth of the child
shall be guilty of an offence and liable to be imprisoned for a term not
exceeding three years.
(2) If on the trial of
any person for the murder of a child recently born the jury is not satisfied
that the accused is guilty of murder or manslaughter but is satisfied that
such accused is guilty of an offence against subsection (1), it shall be
lawful for the jury to return a verdict of guilty of concealment of birth and
thereupon the accused shall be liable to be punished in the same manner as if
convicted on an information under subsection (1).