Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infertility Treatment Act 1995 - SECT 38G

Offence-creating or developing a human embryo by fertilisation that contains genetic material provided by more than 2 persons

38G. Offence-creating or developing a human embryo by fertilisation that
contains genetic material provided by more than 2 persons







(1) A person commits an offence if-

   (a)  the person intentionally creates or develops a human embryo by a
        process of the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm outside
        the body of a woman; and

   (b)  the human embryo contains genetic material provided by more than 2
        persons.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence punishable by
imprisonment for a term not exceeding 15 years.