An incontinence article in panty-type for holding bodily excretions, comprising a front stomach portion and a rear back portion, which are separate from each other and spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the incontinence article, and comprising a crotch portion, which has an absorption body and extends in the longitudinal direction between the stomach portion and the back portion and is joined inseparably to the stomach portion and to the back portion, wherein the stomach portion and the back portion are connected to each other at side-seam areas on both sides by the manufacturer to form an abdominal and back band, which is continuous in a transverse or hip peripheral direction and has a hip opening, which is closed in the hip peripheral direction, and wherein the crotch portion, the stomach portion, and the back portion delimit leg openings of the incontinence article, wherein first elasticating means are provided in a waist-side area (20, 24) of the stomach portion and of the back portion and extend at a distance from each other and parallel to each other in the transverse or hip peripheral direction and thus continuously provide elasticity to the stomach portion and the back portion in said waist-side area (20, 24) across the entire surface extent thereof, wherein second elasticating means are provided in a crotch-side area (22, 26) of the back portion and preferably also of the stomach portion that faces the leg openings and extend from the two side-seam areas in the direction toward a longitudinal centre axis of the incontinence article, wherein the second elasticating means, in the area of overlap of the absorption body with the stomach portion and the back portion, are either not present or are deprived of their elasticity action characterized in that a rear end area of the absorption body facing the back portion is covered in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction by a flat-material section, which is provided on the body-facing side of the crotch portion and is joined inseparably to the crotch portion, and that the flat-material section has a hip-facing edge extending substantially in the transverse direction and a crotch-facing edge extending substantially in the transverse direction and two side edges (208, 210) and that the hip-facing edge has a distance from the adjacent longitudinal end of the back portion in the longitudinal direction, and that the flat-material section is not fastened to the crotch portion in the area of the crotch-facing edge of the flat-material section above the absorption body so that the flat-material section can rise from the crotch portion lying thereunder and can form a pocket that opens in the longitudinal direction, and that the crotch-facing edge of the flat-material section is elastic or provided with elasticity, and that the flat-material section at least nearly reaches the edges of the crotch portion by means of the hip-facing edge of the flat-material section extending substantially in the transverse direction and by means of the two side edges (208, 210) of the flat-material section, i.e., does not protrude beyond the periphery of the crotch portion, and that the flat-material section is fastened to the body-facing side of the crotch portion continuously or discontinuously along the hip-facing edge of the flat-material section extending substantially in the transverse direction and along the two side edges (208, 210) of the flat-material section.