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THE PRE-CONCEPTION AND PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (PROHIBITION OF SEX SELECTION) ACT, 1994 · REGULATION OF PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES

Section 5 — Written consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus

(1)No person referred to in clause (2) of section 3 shall conduct the pre-natal diagnostic procedures unless—
(a)he has explained all known side and after effects of such procedures to the pregnant woman concerned;
(b)he has obtained in the prescribed form her written consent to undergo such procedures in the language which she understands; and
(c)a copy of her written consent obtained under clause (b) is given to the pregnant woman.
1[(2) No person including the person conducting pre-natal diagnostic procedures shall communicate to the pregnant woman concerned or her relatives or any other person the sex of the foetus by words, signs, or in any other manner.]