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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Section 3

Title: When Pregnancies May Be Terminated by Registered Medical Practitioners

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....under that code or under any other law for the time being in force, if any pregnancy is terminated by him in accordance with the provisions of this Act. (2) Subject to the provisions of sub- section (4), a pregnancy may be terminated by a registered medical practitioner,-- (a) where the length of the pregnancy does not exceed twelve weeks, if such medical practitioner is, or (b) where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not exceed twenty weeks, if not less than two registered medical practitioners are, of opinion formed in good faith, that-- (i) the continuance of the pregnancy would involve a risk to the life of the pregnant woman or of grave injury to her physical or mental health; or (ii) there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it would be suffer form such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped. Explanation 1.--Where any pregnancy is alleged by the pregnant woman to have been caused by rape, the anguish caused by such pregnancy shall be presumed to constitute a grave injury to the mental health of the pregnant woman. Explanation 2.-- Where any pregnancy occurs as a result of failure of any device or.....

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Amending Act 1

Title: Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....in need of treatment by reason of any mental disorder other than mental retardation;'. 3. Amendment of section 3 In section 3 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), in clause (a), for the word "lunatic", the words "mentally ill person" shall be substituted. 4. Substitution of new section for section 4 For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be substituted, namely: -- "4. Place where pregnancy may be terminated No termination of pregnancy shall be made in accordance with this Act at any place other than (a) a hospital established or maintained by Government, or (b) a place for the time being approved for the purpose of this Act by Government or a District Level Committee constituted by that Government with the Chief Medical Officer or District Health Officer as the Chairperson of the said Committee: Provided that the District Level Committee shall consist of not less than three and not more than five members including the Chairperson, as the Government may specify from time to time.". 5. Amendment of section 5 In section 5 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2) and the Explanation thereto, the following shall be substituted,.....

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Section 4

Title: Place Where Pregnancy May Be Terminated

State: Central

Year: 1971

1[4. Place where pregnancy may be terminated No termination of pregnancy shall be made in accordance with this Act at any place other than (a) a hospital established or maintained by Government, or (b) a place for the time being approved for the purpose of this Act by Government or a District Level Committee constituted by that Government with the Chief Medical Officer or District Health Officer as the Chairperson of the said Committee: Provided that the District Level Committee shall consist of not less than three and not more than five members including the Chairperson, as the Government may specify from time to time.] ________________________ 1. Substituted by The Medical Termination Of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002 ( 64 Of 2002) w.e.f 18.06.2003. Prior to substitution it read as under: "4. Place where pregnancy may be terminated.-- No termination of pregnancy shall be made in accordance with this Act at any place other than-- (a) a hospital established or maintained by Government , or (b) a place for the time being approved for the purpose of this Act by Government. "

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

Title: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

State: Central

Year: 1971

Preamble1 - MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT, 1971 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners Section4 - Place where pregnancy may be terminated Section5 - Sections 3 and 4 when not to apply Section6 - Power to make rules Section7 - Power to make regulations Section8 - Protection of action taken in good faith Amending Act1 - MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Preamble 1

Title: Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971

State: Central

Year: 1971

THE MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT, 1971 [Act, No. 34 of 1971] [10th August, 1971] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the termination of certain pregnancies by registered medical practitioners and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002 Preamble 1

Title: Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 2002

THE MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 [Act, No. 64 of 2002] [18th December, 2002] PREAMBLE An Act to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002 Complete Act

Title: Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002

State: Central

Year: 2002

Preamble1 - MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 Section1 - Short title and Copmmencement Section2 - Amendment of section 2 Section3 - Amendment of section 3 Section4 - Substitution of new section for section 4 Section5 - Amendment of section 5

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1971

.....maintained therein and the termination of pregnancy at such place cannot be made under safe and hygienic conditions, he shall make a report of the fact to the committee giving the detail of the deficiencies or defects found at the place and the committee may, if it is satisfied, suspend or cancel the approval provided that the committee shall give an opportunity of making representation to the owner of the place before the certificate issued underRule 5is cancelled. (2) Where a certificate issued underRule 5is cancelled, the owner of the place may make such additions or improvements in the place and thereafter, he may make an application to the committee for grant of approval underRule 5. (3) In the event of suspension of a certificate, or approval, the place shall not be deemed to be an approved place during the suspension for the purposes of termination of pregnancy from the date of communication of the order of such suspension. RULE 08: REVIEW (1) The owner of a place, who is aggrieved by an order made underRule 7, may make an application for review of the order to the Government within a period of sixty days from the date of such order : Provided that the Government may.....

Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 Section 5

Title: Sections 3 and 4 when Not to Apply

State: Central

Year: 1971

(1) The provisions of section 4, and so much of the provisions of sub- section (2) of section 3 as relate to the length of the pregnancy and the opinion of not less than two registered medical practitioners, shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy boy a registered medical practitioner in a case where he is of opinion, formed in good faith, that the termination of such pregnancy is immediately necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. 1[(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code, the termination of pregnancy by a person who is not a registered medical practitioner shall be an offence punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to seven years under that Code, and that Code shall, to this extent, stand modified. (3) Whoever terminates any pregnancy in a place other than that mentioned in section 4, shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than two years but which may extend to seven years. (4) Any person being owner of a place which is not approved under clause (6) of section 4 shall be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a.....

Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 Section 10

Title: Leave for Illness Arising out of Pregnancy, Delivery, Premature Birth of Child, Miscarriage, Medical Termination of Pregnancy or Tubectomy Operation

State: Central

Year: 1961

Leave for illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery, premature birth of child,1[miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] A woman suffering from illness arising out of pregnancy, delivery; premature birth of child1[miscarriage, medical termination of pregnancy or tubectomy operation] shall, on production of such proof as may be prescribed, be entitled, in addition to the period of absence allowed to her under section 6, or, as the case may be, under section 9, to leave with wages at the rate of maternity benefit for a maximum period of one month. ________________________ 1. Substituted by Act 29 of 1995, section 6, for "or miscarriage" w.e.f. 1-2-1996.