Section 46: Maintenance of records.

The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021Central Act · Act 47 of 2021

(1) The surrogacy clinic shall maintain all records, charts, forms, reports, consent letters, agreements and all the documents under this Act and they shall be preserved for a period of twenty-five years or such period as may be prescribed:

Provided that, if any criminal or other proceedings are instituted against any surrogacy clinic, the records and all other documents of such clinic shall be preserved till the final disposal of such proceedings.

(2) All such records shall, at all reasonable times, be made available for inspection to the appropriate authority or to any other person authorised by the appropriate authority in this behalf.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021
Section	46
Marginal note	Maintenance of records.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

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