Pre. PREAMBLE

       [Act No. 08 of 2021]
       [25th March, 2021]

       An Act further to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.
       Be it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-second Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

S.1 Short title and commencement

       (1) This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2021.
       (2) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
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       1. w.e.f. 24.09.2021, vide Notification No. SO3906(E), dated 15.09.2021.

S.2 Amendment of section 2

       1[In the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in Section 2,--
       (i) after clause (a), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--
       '(aa) "Medical Board" means the Medical Board constituted under sub-section (2C) of Section 3 of the Act;';
       (ii) after clause (d), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--
       '(e) "termination of pregnancy" means a procedure to terminate a pregnancy by using medical or surgical methods.'.]
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       1. W.e.f. 24.09.2021, vide Notification No. SO3906(E), dated 15.09.2021.

S.3 Amendment of section 3

       1[In Section 3 of the principal Act, for sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:--
       "(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 twenty weeks, if such medical practitioner is, or
       (b) where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twenty weeks but does not exceed twenty-four weeks in case of such category of woman as may be prescribed by rules made under this Act, if not less than two registered medical practitioners are, of the 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 phy

S.4 Insertion of new section 5A

       1[After Section 5 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely:--
       "5A. Protection of privacy of a woman
       (1) No registered medical practitioner shall reveal the name and other particulars of a woman whose pregnancy has been terminated under this Act except to a person authorised by any law for the time being in force.
       (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with fine, or with both.".]
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       1. w.e.f. 24.09.2021, vide Notification No. SO3906(E), dated 15.09.2021.

S.5 Amendment of section 6

       1[In Section 6 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2), after clause (a), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:--
       "(aa) the category of woman under clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 3;
       (ab) the norms for the registered medical practitioner whose opinion is required for termination of pregnancy at different gestational age under sub-section (2A) of section 3;
       (ac) the powers and functions of the Medical Board under sub-section (2C) of section 3.".]
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       1. w.e.f. 24.09.2021, vide Notification No. SO3906(E), dated 15.09.2021.