Article 561 — Endangering the Lives of Pregnant Women and

Children through Harmful Traditional Practices. (1) Whoever causes the death of a pregnant or a delivering woman or that of a newly born child as a result of the application of a harmful traditional practice such as: a) massaging the abdomen of a pregnant woman, or shaking a woman in a prolonged labour; or b) soiling the umbilical cord of a newly-born child with dung or other similar substances, keeping a newly-born child out of the sun or feeding it butter, excising the uvula of a child or taking out milk teeth or preventing the child from being vaccinated; or c) through the exercise of other traditional practices known by the medical profession to be harmful, is punishable with fine or simple imprisonment from three months to one year. (2) Where the death was caused by negligence, the relevant provision of this Code (Art. 543) shall apply.