Section 19
Certificate of registration.
The Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994
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.
(1) The Appropriate Authority shall, after holding an inquiry and
after satisfying itself that the applicant has complied with all the requirements of this Act and the rules
made thereunder and having regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee in this behalf, grant a
certificate of registration in the prescribed form jointly or separately to the Genetic Counselling Centre,
Genetic Laboratory or Genetic Clinic, as the case may be.
(2) If, after the inquiry and after giving an opportunity of being heard to the applicant and having regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee, the Appropriate Authority is satisfied that the applicant has not complied with the requirements of this Act or the rules, it shall, for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject the application for registration.
(3) Every certificate of registration shall be renewed in such manner and after such period and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
(4) The certificate of registration shall be displayed by the registered Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory or Genetic Clinic in a conspicuous place at its place of business.
(2) If, after the inquiry and after giving an opportunity of being heard to the applicant and having regard to the advice of the Advisory Committee, the Appropriate Authority is satisfied that the applicant has not complied with the requirements of this Act or the rules, it shall, for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject the application for registration.
(3) Every certificate of registration shall be renewed in such manner and after such period and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed.
(4) The certificate of registration shall be displayed by the registered Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory or Genetic Clinic in a conspicuous place at its place of business.