Prohibition of advertisement relating to pre-conception and pre-natal determination of sex and punishment for contravention

Prohibition of advertisement relating to pre-conception and pre-natal determination of sex and punishment for contravention.—

1. (1) No person, organisation, Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory or Genetic Clinic, including Clinic, Laboratory or Centre having Ultrasound Machine capable of undertaking determination of sex of foetus shall issue or cause to be issued any advertisement in any manner regarding facilities of prenatal determination of sex and pre-conception sex selection, available at such Centre, Laboratory, Clinic or any other place.
2. (2) No person or organisation shall publish or distribute or cause to be published or distribute any advertisement in any manner regarding facilities of prenatal determination of sex and pre-conception sex selection available at any Genetic Counselling Centre, Genetic Laboratory, Genetic Clinic or any other place.
3. (3) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section
4. (1) or sub-section
5. (2) shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
6. (4) Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section
7. (2) of section 5 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees and may also be liable to removal of his name from the register of the medical practitioner by the concerned Medical Council or other registering authority. Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, "advertisement" includes any notice, circular, label, wrapper or other document and also includes any visible representation made by means of any light, sound, smoke or gas.