Written consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus - Section 5

(1) No person referred to in clause ( 2) of section 3 shall conduct the pre-natal diagnostic procedures unless--

(a) he has explained all known side and after effects of such procedures to the pregnant woman concerned;

(b) he has obtained in the prescribed form her written consent to undergo such procedures in the language which she understands; and

(c) a copy of her written consent obtained under clause (b) is given to the pregnant woman.

¹[(2) No person including the person conducting pre-natal diagnostic procedures shall communicate to the pregnant woman concerned or her relatives or any other person the sex of the foetus by words, signs, or in any other manner.]

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1. Substituted by Act 14 of 2003, Section 8 , for sub -section ( 2 ) (see Annexe).