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(1) The State Government may, by regulations-
(a) Require any such opinion as is referred to in sub-section (2) of section 3 to be certi ed by a registered medical practitioner or practitioners concerned, in such form and at such time as may be speci ed in such regulations, and the preservation or disposal of such certi cates ;
(b) Require any registered medical practitioner, who terminates a pregnancy, to give intimation of such termination and such other information relating to the termination as may be speci ed in such regulations ;
(c) Prohibit the disclosure, except to such purposes as may be speci ed in such regulations, of intimations given or information furnished in pursuance of such regulations.
(2) The intimation given and the information furnished in pursuance of regulations made by virtue of clause (b) of sub-section (1) shall be given or furnished, as the case may be, to the Chief Medical O cer of the State.
(3) Any person who willfully contravenes or willfully fails to comply with the requirements of any regulation made under sub-section (1) shall be liable to be punished with ne,which may extend Section 8 - to one thousand rupees