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Section 5: Written consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus.

The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994Central Act · Act 57 of 1994

(1) No person referred to in clause (2) of section 3 shall conduct the pre-natal diagnostic procedures unless--

(a) he has explained all known side and after effects of such procedures to the pregnant woman concerned;

(b) he has obtained in the prescribed form her written consent to undergo such procedures in the language which she understands; and

(c) a copy of her written consent obtained under clause (b) is given to the pregnant woman.

[(2) No person including the person conducting pre-natal diagnostic procedures shall communicate to the pregnant woman concerned or her relatives or any other person the sex of the foetus by words, signs, or in any other manner.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994
Section5
Marginal noteWritten consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus.
JurisdictionCentral
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, Act 14 of 2003. . Subs. by Act 14 of 2003, s. 8, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 14-2-2003).

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