Section 31
Rights of child born through assisted reproductive technology.
The Assisted Reproductive Technology (Regulation) Act, 2021
About this Act
An Act for the regulation and supervision of the assisted reproductive technology clinics and the assisted reproductive technology banks, prevention of misuse, safe and ethical practice of assisted reproductive technology services for addressing the issues of reproductive health where assisted reproductive technlogy is required for becoming a parent or for freezing gametes, embryos, embryonic tissues for further use due to infertility, disease or social or medical concerns and for regulation and supervision of research and development and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) The child born
through assisted reproductive technology shall be deemed to be a biological child of the
commissioning couple and the said child shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges available to a
natural child only from the commissioning couple under any law for the time being in force.
(2) A donor shall relinquish all parental rights over the child or children which may be born from his or her gamete.
(2) A donor shall relinquish all parental rights over the child or children which may be born from his or her gamete.