Surrogacy Bill 2014
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AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
Bill No. 61 of 2014
THE SURROGACY (REGULATION) BILL, 2014
BY
DR. KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, M.P.
A
BILL to provide for regulation of surrogacy and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2014.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
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(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
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Short title, extent and commencement. (a) "assisted reproductive technology" means techniques that attempt to obtain a pregnancy by handling or manipulating the sperm or the oocyte outside the human body, and transferring the gamete or the embryo into the reproductive tract; Definitions.
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(b) "assisted reproductive technology clinic" means any premises used for procedures related to assisted reproductive technology;
(c) "child" means a child born through the use of assisted reproductive technology; (d) "couple" means two persons living together and having a sexual relationship that is legal in India;
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(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "surrogacy" means an arrangement in which a woman agrees to a pregnancy, achieved through assisted reproductive technology, in which neither of the gametes belong to her or her husband, with the intention to carry it and hand over the child to the person or persons for whom she is acting as a surrogate; and
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(g) "surrogacy agreement" means a contract between the person availing the assisted reproductive technology and the surrogate mother.
Establishment
of National
Board for
Regulation of
Surrogacy.
3. (1) The Central Government shall, in consultation with the State
Governments, establish a Board to be known as the National Board for Regulation of
Surrogacy (hereinafter referred to
AS INTRODUCED IN LOK SABHA
Bill No. 61 of 2014
THE SURROGACY (REGULATION) BILL, 2014
BY
DR. KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI, M.P.
A
BILL to provide for regulation of surrogacy and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows: —
1. (1) This Act may be called the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2014.
(2) It extends to the whole of India.
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(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
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Short title, extent and commencement. (a) "assisted reproductive technology" means techniques that attempt to obtain a pregnancy by handling or manipulating the sperm or the oocyte outside the human body, and transferring the gamete or the embryo into the reproductive tract; Definitions.
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(b) "assisted reproductive technology clinic" means any premises used for procedures related to assisted reproductive technology;
(c) "child" means a child born through the use of assisted reproductive technology; (d) "couple" means two persons living together and having a sexual relationship that is legal in India;
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(e) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(f) "surrogacy" means an arrangement in which a woman agrees to a pregnancy, achieved through assisted reproductive technology, in which neither of the gametes belong to her or her husband, with the intention to carry it and hand over the child to the person or persons for whom she is acting as a surrogate; and
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(g) "surrogacy agreement" means a contract between the person availing the assisted reproductive technology and the surrogate mother.
Establishment
of National
Board for
Regulation of
Surrogacy.
3. (1) The Central Government shall, in consultation with the State
Governments, establish a Board to be known as the National Board for Regulation of
Surrogacy (hereinafter referred to