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HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53O

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53O

53O .         Offence — placing of an embryo

        (1)         A person commits a crime if the person places a human embryo in an animal.

        (2)         A person commits a crime if the person places a human embryo in the body of a human, other than in a woman’s reproductive tract.

        (3)         A person commits a crime if the person places an animal embryo in the body of a human for any period of gestation.

        (4)         A person who commits an offence against this section is liable to 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 53O inserted: No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]