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TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY ACT 2021 (NO 7 OF 2021) - SECT 14

14—Termination of pregnancy by unqualified person

        (1)         An unqualified person who performs a termination on another person commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 7 years imprisonment.

        (2)         An unqualified person who assists in the performance of a termination on another person commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 5 years imprisonment.

        (3)         In this section—

"unqualified person" means—

            (a)         in relation to the performance of a termination under subsection (1)

—a person who is not a registered health practitioner authorised under this Act to perform a termination; or

            (b)         in relation to assisting in the performance of a termination under subsection (2)

—a person who is not a registered health practitioner acting in the ordinary course of the practitioner's profession.



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