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An Act to provide for the termination of certain pregnancies by registered Medical Practitioners and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement(1) This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2. Definitions-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires(a) Guardian means a person having the care of the person of a minor or a lunatic;(b) Lunatic has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Indian Lunatic Act, 1912 ( 4 of 1912);(c) Minor means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 ( 9 of 1875), is to be deemed not to have attained his majority;(d) Registered medical practitioner means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian
Medical Council Act, 1956, (102 of 1956), whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register and who has such experience or training in gynaecology and obstetrics as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.
3. When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), a registered medical practitioner shall not be guilty of any offence under that Code orunder any other law for the time being in force, if any pregnancy is terminated byhim in accordance with the provisions of this Act.(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section(4),a pregnancy may be terminated by a registered medical practitioner, -
(a) Where the length of the pregnancy does not exceed twelve weeks if such medical practitioner is, or(b) Where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not exceed twenty weeks, if not less than two registered medical practitioner are,of opinion, formed in good faith, that -
(i) The continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or(ii) There is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped.
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Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
1. Short title, extent and commencement(1) This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.(2) It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.2. Definitions-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires(a) Guardian means a person having the care of the person of a minor or a lunatic;(b) Lunatic has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Indian Lunatic Act, 1912 ( 4 of 1912);(c) Minor means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian Majority Act, 1875 ( 9 of 1875), is to be deemed not to have attained his majority;(d) Registered medical practitioner means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian
Medical Council Act, 1956, (102 of 1956), whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register and who has such experience or training in gynaecology and obstetrics as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act.
3. When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860), a registered medical practitioner shall not be guilty of any offence under that Code orunder any other law for the time being in force, if any pregnancy is terminated byhim in accordance with the provisions of this Act.(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section(4),a pregnancy may be terminated by a registered medical practitioner, -
(a) Where the length of the pregnancy does not exceed twelve weeks if such medical practitioner is, or(b) Where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not exceed twenty weeks, if not less than two registered medical practitioner are,of opinion, formed in good faith, that -
(i) The continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or(ii) There is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously handicapped.
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