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HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 82 Offence—unauthorised surgical abortion

HEALTH ACT 1993 - SECT 82

Offence—unauthorised surgical abortion

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person—

        (a)     carries out a surgical abortion; and

        (b)     is not a doctor.

Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 5 years.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to a person assisting a doctor to carry out a surgical abortion.