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

Act Number: 57

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

Year: 1994

Enactment Date: 1994-09-20

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 10: Vacancies, etc., not to invalidate proceedings of the Board.

    No act or proceeding of the Board shall be invalid merely by reason of--
         (a) any vacancy in, or any defect in the constitution of, the Board; or
         (b) any defect in the appointment of a person acting as a member of the Board; or
         (c) any irregularity in the procedure of the Board not affecting the merits of the case.

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