Section 200: "A child becomes a person capable of being killed when it has completely proceeded in a living state from the body of its mother, whether It has breathed or not, and whether it has an independent circulation on or not, and whether the navel-string is severed or not." The Code in its Division IV "Offences against the person" describes and punishes, crimes concerning to this matter. The more serious ones are the following: Section 192: "Any person who by an unlawful act or omission causes the death of another person is guilty of the felony termed manslaughter […] ". Section 193: "Any person who of malice aforethought causes the death of another person by an unlawful act or omission is guilty of murder". Civil Status Act, 22/04/1893, Laws of Seychelles 1996. [Updated by the "Civil Status (Amendment) Act, 2000] Section 36.1: "Any person, who shall find a newborn child, shall be bound, within twenty-four hours after finding the child, to give […] notice of the fact to the nearest officer of police". Section 116: "Any person who, having found a newborn child, shall neglect to make the declarations and fulfil the formalities required of him by section 36 shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred rupees or imprisonment not exceeding six months". The fact that human beings are inviolable, is extended in Seychelles Legislation to the post mortem of the person, therefore no one is allowed to dispose freely of a Human body. This Act, establishes in Section 117 that: "Whoever shall bury or otherwise dispose of any human body without having obtained a permit from an officer of the civil status, or before or after the period required […], or in any unauthorised burial ground, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees or by imprisonment not exceeding six months". The Penal Code in Section 129, dealing with the integrity of the deceased person establishes: "Whoever unlawfully hinders the burial of the dead body of any person, or without lawful authority in that behalf disinters, dissects, or harms the dead body of any person or, being under a duty to cause the dead body of any person to by buried, fails to perform such duty, is guilty of a misdemeanour". • Right to dignity and freedom from slavery and forced labour.

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