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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT - SECT 5F

Donor of semen used in fertilization procedure of certain women

5F. Donor of semen used in fertilization procedure of certain women

(1) Where semen is used in a fertilization procedure carried out on a woman who is not a married woman or on a married woman otherwise than in accordance with the consent of her husband, the man who produced the semen has no rights and incurs no liabilities in respect of a child born as a result of a pregnancy occurring by reason of the use of that semen unless, at any time, he becomes the husband of the mother of the child.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the rights and liabilities of a man who becomes the husband of the mother of a child so born are the rights and liabilities of a father of a child but, in the absence of agreement to the contrary, do not include liabilities incurred before the man becomes the husband of the mother.



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