Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53M

53M .         Offence — collecting a viable human embryo from the body of a woman

                A person commits a crime if the person removes a human embryo from the body of a woman, intending to collect a viable human embryo.

        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 53M inserted by No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]