ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 45 Prohibition on certain publications

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 45

    (1)     A person must not publish, or cause to be published, a statement, advertisement, notice or document—

        (a)     to the effect that a person is or may be willing to enter into a surrogacy arrangement; or

        (b)     to the effect that a person is seeking another person who is or may be willing to enter into a surrogacy arrangement or to act as a surrogate mother or to arrange a surrogacy arrangement; or

        (c)     to the effect that the person is or may be willing to arrange a surrogacy arrangement; or

        (d)     to the effect that a person is or may be willing to accept any benefit under a surrogacy arrangement, whether for himself or herself or for another person; or

        (e)     that is intended or likely to counsel or procure a person to agree to act as a surrogate mother; or

        (f)     to the effect that a person is or may be willing to act as a surrogate mother.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.

    (2)     In this section—

"publish" means—

        (a)     publish in any newspaper; or

        (b)     publish by means of television, radio or the Internet; or

        (c)     otherwise disseminate to the public.

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