Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53G

53G .         Offence — creating a human embryo other than by fertilisation, or developing such an embryo

                A person commits a crime if the person creates a human embryo by a process other than the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm, or develops a human embryo so created.

        Penalty: A fine of 600 penalty units or imprisonment for 10 years or both.

        Summary conviction penalty: A fine of 120 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years or both.

        [Section 53G inserted by No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]