Section 3B

Prohibition on sale of ultrasound machine, etc., to persons, laboratories, etc., not registered under the Act.

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

  • Act 57 of 1994
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Department of Health and Family Welfare
About this Act

An Act to provide for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception, and for regulation of pre-natal diagnostic techniques for the purposes of detecting genetic abnormalities or metabolic disorders or chromosomal abnormalities or certain congenital malformations or sex-linked disorders and for the prevention of their misuse for sex determination leading to female foeticide and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    1[3B. Prohibition on sale of ultrasound machine, etc., to persons, laboratories, clinics, etc., not registered under the Act.--No person shall sell any ultrasound machine or imaging machine or scanner or any other equipment capable of detecting sex of the foetus to any Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory, Genetic Clinic or any other person not registered under the Act.]

Notes

1 Ins. by s. 6, ibid. (w.e.f. 14-2-2003).

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