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                        | An Act further to amend the Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994. |  
                        | An Act to provide for the termination of certain pregnancies by   registered Medical Practitioners and for matters connected therewith or   incidental thereto.  Be it enacted by Parliament in the Twenty-second Year of the Republic of   India as follows :-  |  
                        | 1. Short title, extent and commencement - |  
                        | (1) This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,   1971.  (2)        It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu   and Kashmir.  (3)        It shall come into force on such date as the Central   Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.  |  
                        | 2. Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, - |  |  
                        |  | (a)                "guardian" means a person having the care of the person of a minor or a lunatic; (b)"lunatic" has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Indian Lunatic Act, 1912 ( 4 of 1912);
 (c)"minor" means a person who, under the provisions of the Indian   Majority Act, 1875 ( 9 of 1875), is to be deemed not to have attained   his majority;
 (d)"registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who   possesses any recognized medical qualification as defined in clause
 (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, (102 of 1956),   whose name has been entered in a State Medical Register and who has   such experience or training in gynaecology and obstetrics as may be   prescribed by rules made under this Act.
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                        | 3.   When pregnancies may be terminated by registered medical practitioners - |  |  
                        |  | (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal Code (45 of   1860), a registered medical practitioner shall not be guilty of any   offence under that Code or under any other law for the time being in   force, if any pregnancy is terminated by him in accordance with the   provisions of this Act. (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 twelve weeks if such  medical practitioner is, or
 (b) Where the length of the pregnancy exceeds twelve weeks but does not    exceed twenty weeks, if not less than two registered medical   practitioner are,
 of 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 physical or mental health;   or
 (ii)       there is a substantial risk that if the child were born, it   would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities to be seriously   handicapped
 
 Explanation 1 - Where any pregnancy is alleged by the   pregnant woman to have been  caused by rape, the anguish caused by such   pregnancy shall be presumed to  constitute a grave injury to the mental   health of the pregnant woman.
 
 Explanation 2 - Where any pregnancy occurs as a result   of failure of any device or  method used by any married woman or her   husband for the purpose of limiting the  number of children, the anguish   caused by such unwanted pregnancy may be  resumed to constitute a grave   injury to the mental health of the pregnant  woman.
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                        | 4.  Place where pregnancy may be terminated |  |  
                        |  | No termination of  pregnancy shall be made in accordance with this Act at any place other than - (a) a hospital established or maintained by Government, or
 (b) a place for the time being approved for the purpose of this Act by  Government.
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                        | 5. Sections 3 and 4 when not to apply - |  |  
                        |  | (1)               The provisions of section 4, and so much of the   provisions of sub-section (2) of section 3 as relate to the length of   the pregnancy and the opinion of not less than two registered medical   practitioners, shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy by a   registered medical practitioner in a case where he is of opinion, formed   in good faith, that he termination of such pregnancy is immediately   necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. (2)               Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Penal   Code (45 of 1860), the termination of a pregnancy by a person who is   not a registered medical practitioner shall be an offence punishable   under that Code, and that Code shall, to this extent, stand modified.
 
 Explanation - For the purposes of this section, so much of the   provisions of clause (d) of section (2) as relate to the possession, by a   registered medical practitioner, of experience or training in   gynaecology and obstetrics shall not apply
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                        | 6. Power to make rules |  |  
                        |  | (1)  The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette,  make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. (2)  In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the   foregoing  power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following   matters, namely -
 (a) the experience or training, or both, which is registered medical    practitioner shall have if he intends to terminate any pregnancy under   this  Act; and
 (b) Such other matters as are required to be or may be, provided by rules  made under this Act.
 (3) Every rule made by the Central Government under   this Act shall be laid,  as soon as may be after it is made, before each   House of Parliament while it is  in session for a total period of   thirty days which may be comprised in one  session or in two successive   sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session  in which it is so   laid or the session immediately following, both Houses agree  in making   any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule  should   not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified    form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any   such  modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the   validity of  anything previously done under that rule
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                        | 7. Power to make regulations - |  |  
                        | (1)               The State Government may, by regulations  -  (a)                require any such opinion as is referred to in sub-section (2)   of section 3 to be certified by a registered medical practitioner or   practitioners concerned, in such form and at such time as may be   specified in such regulations, and the preservation or disposal of such   certificates ;  (b)               require any registered medical practitioner, who   terminates a pregnancy, to give intimation of such termination and such   other information relating to the termination as may be specified in   such regulations ;  (c)                prohibit the disclosure, except to such purposes as   may be specified in such regulations, of intimations given or   information furnished in pursuance of such regulations.   (2)               The intimation given and the information furnished in   pursuance of regulations made by virtue of clause (b) of sub-section (1)   shall be given or furnished, as the case may be, to the Chief Medical   Officer of the State.
 (3)               Any person who willfully contravenes or willfully   fails to comply with the requirements of any regulation made under   sub-section (1) shall be liable to be punished with fine, which may   extend to one thousand rupees
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                        | 8. Protection of action taken in good faith - |  |  
                        |  | No suit or legal proceedings shall lie against  any registered medical   practitioner for any damage caused or likely to be  caused by anything,   which is in good faith done or intended to be done under  this Act |  |  
                        |  | HE MEDICAL  TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AMENDMENT ACT, 2002(No. 64 of  2002)
 (18th   December 2002)
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                        |  | An Act to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971.34 of 1971  Substitution of new section for section 4.  Place where pregnancy may be terminated.  Amendment of section 5. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :-
 
 1.  (1)    This Act may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy   (Amendment) Act, 2002.  (2)    It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government   may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.  2.              In section 2 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act,-34   of 1971, (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), --  (i)                  in clause (a), for the word “lunatic”, the words   ‘mentally ill person” shall be substituted.  (ii)                For clause (b), the following clause shall be   substituted, namely :-
 ‘(b) “mentally ill person” means a person who is in need of treatment by   reason of any mental disorder other than mental retardation;’.
 3.  In section 3 of the principal Act, in sub-section (4), in clause (a),   for the word “lunatic”, the words “mentally ill person” shall be   substituted.  For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall be   substituted, namely :-
 4.      For section 4 of the principal Act, the following section shall  be substituted, namely :-
 
 4. No termination of pregnancy shall be made in accordance with this Act at any place other than –  (a)    a hospital established or maintained by Government, or
 Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  (Department of Family Welfare) Notification  New Delhi, the 13th June,    2003
 G.S.R. 485(E) - In exercise of powers conferred by section 6 of the   Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), the Central   Government hereby makes the following rules,  namely :-
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                        |  | 1. Short title and commencement – |  |  
                        |  | (1)   These rules may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules,  2003. (2)  They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the  Official Gazette.
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                        |  | 2.  Definitions - In this rules, unless  the context otherwise requires, |  |  
                        |  | (a) “Act” means the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of   1971)  and the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Act, 2002   (64 of 2002). (b) “Chief Medical Officer of the District” means the Chief Medical Officer  of a District, by whatever name called;
 (c) “Form” means a form  appended to these rules;
 (d)“owner” in relation to a place means  any person who is the   administrative head or otherwise responsible for the  working or   maintenance of a hospital or place, by whatever name called, where  the   pregnancy may be terminated under this Act.
 (g) “Committee” means a  committee constituted at the district level under the proviso to clause (b) of  section 4 read Rule 3.
 
 (1)   One member of the district level Committee shall be the    Gynaecologist/ Surgeon/Anaesthetist and other members from the local   medical profession, non-governmental organization, and Panchayati Raj   Institution of the District.  Provided that one of the members of the   Committee shall be a woman.    (2)   Tenure of the Committee shall be for two calendar years  and the   tenure of the non-government members shall not be more than  two  terms.
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                        | 4.Experience and  training under clause (d)  of Section 2:- |  |  
                        |  | For the purpose of clause (d) of section (2), a registered  medical   practitioner shall have one or more of the following experience or    training in gynaecology and obstetrics, namely; (a)  In the case of a medical practitioner, who was   registered in a State  Medical Register immediately before the   commencement of the Act, experience in  the practice of gynaecology and   obstetrics for a period of not less than three  years;
 (b)  In the case of a medical practitioner, who is registered in a State Medical  Register:-
 (i)   if he has completed six months of house surgency in gynaecology and  obstetrics; or
 (ii)  unless the following facilities are provided   therein, if he had  experience at any hospital for a period of not less   than one year in the  practice of obstetrics and gynaecology ; or
 (b) if he has  assisted a registered medical   practitioner in the performance of twenty-five  cases of medical   termination of pregnancy of which at least five  have  been performed   independently, in a hospital established or maintained or a  training   institute approved for this purpose by the government.
 (i)  This training would enable the Registered Medical   Practitioner (RMP) to do only  1st Trimester terminations  (up to 12   weeks of gestation).
 (ii)  For terminations up to twenty weeks the   experience or training as prescribed  under  sub rules  (a), (b) and    (d) shall apply .
 (d) In case of a medical  practitioner who has been   registered in a State Medical     Register and who holds a   post-graduate degree or diploma in gynaecology and  obstetrics, the   experience or training gained during the course of such degree  or   diploma.
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                        | 5.   Approval of a place, |  |  
                        | (1)  No place shall be approved under clause (b) of section 4, - (i) Unless the Government is satisfied that   termination of pregnancies may  be done therein under safe and hygienic   conditions; and
 (ii)  Unless the following facilities are provided therein, namely: -
 In case of first trimester,  that is, up to 12 weeks  of pregnancy:-
 a gynecology examination/labour table,  resuscitation   and sterilization equipment, drugs and parental fluid, back up    facilities for treatment of shock and facilities for transportation;    and
 in case of second  trimester, that is,  up to 20 weeks of pregnancy:-
 (a)  an operation table and instruments for performing abdominal or gynaecological  surgery;
 (b )  anaesthetic  equipment, resuscitation equipment and sterilization equipment;                    (c) drugs and parental fluids  for emergency use, notified by Government of India from time to time.
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                        | Explanation : |  |  
                        |  | In the case of  termination of early pregnancy up to 7 weeks using   RU-486 with Misoprostol, the  same may be prescribed by a Registered   Medical Practitioner (RMP) as defined  under clause (d) of section  2 of   the Act and Section 4 of  MTP  Rules, at his clinic, provided  such a    Registered Medical  Practitioner has access to a place approved under   Section 4 of the MTP Act,  1971 read with MTP Amendment Act, 2002 and   Rules 5 of the MTP Rules. For the  purpose of access, the RMP should   display a Certificate to this effect from the  owner of the approved   place. (2)  Every application for the approval of a place   shall be in a Form A and  shall be addressed to the Chief Medical   Officer of the District.
 (3)  On receipt of an application under  sub-rule (2),   the Chief Medical  Officer of the District may  verify any  information   contained, in  any such application or inspect any such place with a   view to satisfying  hSMIelf that the facilities referred to in sub-rule   (1) are provided, and that  termination of pregnancies may be made    under safe and hygienic  conditions.
 (4) Every  owner of the place which is inspected by   the Chief Medical Officer of the  District shall afford all reasonable   facilities for the inspection of the  place.
 (5) The Chief Medical Officer  of the District may, if   he is satisfied after such verification, enquiry or  inspection, as may   be considered necessary, that termination of pregnancies may  be done   under safe and hygienic conditions, at the place, recommended the    approval of such place to the Committee.
 (6) The Committee may after  considering the   application and the recommendations of the Chief Medical  Officer of the   District approve such place and issue a certificate of approval  in   Form B.
 (7) The certificate of approval issued by the Committee shall be conspicuously displayed at the place to be easily visible to persons  visiting the place.
 (8) The place shall  be inspected within 2 months of receiving the    application and certificate of approval may be issued within the next 2   months,  or in case any deficiency has been noted, within 2 months of   the deficiency  having been rectified by the applicant.                    (9)                 On the commencement of these   rules, a place approved in accordance  with the Medical  Termination of   Pregnancy Rules, 1975 shall be deemed to  have been approved under these   Rules.
 
 6. Inspection of a place, -
 (1) A place approved under rule 5 may be inspected by the Chief Medical    Officer of the District, as often as may be necessary with a view to   verify  whether termination of pregnancies is being done therein under   safe and  hygienic conditions.
 (2) If the Chief Medical Officer has reason to believe that there has   been  death of, or injury to, a pregnant woman at the place or that   termination of  pregnancies is not being done at the place under safe   and hygienic conditions,  he may call for any information or may seize   any article, medicine, ampule,  admission register or other document,   maintained, kept or found at the place.
 (3) The provisions of the   Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974),  relating to seizure   shall, so far as it may , apply to seizure made under  sub-rule (2).
 6. Inspection of a place, -
 (1)               A place approved under rule 5 may be inspected by the   Chief Medical Officer of the District, as often as may be necessary with   a view to verify whether termination of pregnancies is being done   therein under safe and hygienic conditions.  (2)               If the Chief Medical Officer has reason to believe   that there has been death of, or injury to, a pregnant woman at the   place or that termination of pregnancies is not being done at the place   under safe and hygienic conditions, he may call for any information or   may seize any article, medicine, ampule, admission register or other   document, maintained, kept or found at the place.  (3)               The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973   (2 of 1974), relating to seizure shall, so far as it may , apply to   seizure made under sub-rule (2).
 
 6.Cancellation or suspension of certificate of approval, -
 1) If, after inspection of any place approved under rule 5, the Chief    Medical Officer of the District is satisfied that the facilities   specified in  rule 5 are not being properly maintained therein and the   termination of  pregnancy at such place cannot be made under safe and   hygienic conditions, he  shall make a report of the fact to the Committee giving the  detail of the deficiencies or defects found at the place   and the committee may,  if it is satisfied, suspend or cancel the   approval provided that the committee  shall give an opportunity of   making representation to the owner of the place  before the certificate   issued under rule 5 is cancelled.
 (2)  Where a certificate issued under rule 5 is cancelled  the owner of    the place may make such additions or improvements in the place and   there  after,  he may make  an application to the Committee for grant of approval under rule 5.
 (3) In the event of suspension of a certificate, of approval, the place    shall not be deemed to be an approved place during the suspension for   the  purposes of termination of pregnancy from the date of communication   of the  order of such suspension.
 
 7.Review :-
 (1) The owner of a place, who is aggrieved by an order made under rule   7,  may make an application for review of the order to the Government   within a  period of sixty days from the date of such order:
 Provided that the Government may  condone  any delay in case it is   satisfied that applicant was prevented by  sufficient cause to make   application within time.
 (2) The Government may, after giving the owner an   opportunity of being  heard, confirm, modify or reverse the order.
 
 8. Form of consent, -
 The consent referred to in sub-section (4) of section 3  shall be given in Form C.
 
 9. Repeal and saving, -
 The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 1975,  are hereby repealed except as respects things done or omitted to be done before  such repeal.
 
 FORM A  ( See sub-rule (2) of rule 5 )
 
 Form  of application for the approval of a place under clause (b) of section 4
 Category  of approved place:
 A  Pregnancy can be terminated upto 12  weeks
 B Pregnancy can be terminated upto 20 weeks
 1. Name of the place ( in capital letters )
 2. Address in full
 3. Non-Government/Private/Nursing Home/Other Institutions
 4. State, if the following facilities are available at the place
 Category A
 i) Gynecological examination / labour table.
 ii) Resuscitation equipment.
 iii) Sterilization equipment.
 iv) Facilities for treatment of shock, including emergency drugs.
 v)  Facilities for transportation, if required.
 Category B
 (ii) An operation table and Instruments for performing abdominal or  gynaecological surgery.
 (iii) Drugs and parental fluid in sufficient supply for emergency cases.
 (iv) Anaesthetic equipment, resuscitation equipment and sterilization  equipment.
 Place     :
 Date     :
 
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                        | Signature of the owner of the place |  |  
                        | FORM B  ( See sub-rule (6) of rule 5 )  |  |  
                        | Certificate of approval.The place described below is hereby approved for the   purpose  of the Medical termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 ( 34 of   1971).
 AS READ WITHIN  UPTO-------------WEEKS
 Name  of the Place
 Address  and other descriptions
 Name  of the owner
 Place     :
 Date      :
 to the Government of the  ______________________________
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                        | FORM C  ( See rule 8 )  I _____________________________________________ daughter/wife   of  _____________________________________________   aged about __________ years of    __________________________________________________________________________________________________________  ( here state the permanent address)  at present  residing at  _____________________________________________________________________  do  hereby  give  my  consent  to  the termination  of  my  pregnancy  at ________________________________________________   ( State the name of place where the pregnancy is to be terminated)  Place    :  Date     :                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Signature  ( To be filled in by guardian where the woman is a mentally ill person   or minor )  I _____________________________________________ son/daughter/wife of  __________________________   aged about __________ years oF ___________________________________________ at present residing at   ( Permanent address ) _______________________ do hereby give my consent to the termination of the   pregnancy of my ward ______________________________ who is a minor/lunatic at   ___________________________________________________  ( place of termination of my pregnancy)  Place    :  Date     :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Signature 
 MEDICAL TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY REGULATIONS, 2003  MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE  ( Department of Family Planning  )  NOTIFICATION  New Delhi, the 13th June April, 2003
 G.S.R. 486 (E)  – In exercise of powers conferred by section 7   of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), the   Central Government hereby makes the following regulations, namely ;
 
 1.  Short  title, extent and commencement -
 (1) These regulations may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Regulations, 2003.  (2)               They extend to all the Union territories.  (1)               They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
 
 2. Definitions -- In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires,
 (a)“Act” means the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971)
 (b)“Admission Register” means the register maintained under regulation 5;
 (c)Chief Medical Officer of the District means the Chief Medical Officer of the District by whatever name called.
 (d)“Form” means a form appended to these regulations;
 (e)“hospital” means a hospital established or maintained by the Central Government or the Government of Union territory ;
 (f)“section” means a section of the Act.
 
 3.  Form of certifying opinion or opinions, -
 (1) Where one registered medical practitioner forms or not less than two   registered medical practitioners form such opinion as is referred to in   sub section (2) of section 3 or 5, he or she shall certify such opinion   in Form I.
 (2) Every registered medical practitioner who terminates any pregnancy   shall, within three hours from the termination of the pregnancy certify   such termination in Form I.
 
 4. Custody of forms, -
 (1) The consent given by a pregnant woman for the termination of her   pregnancy, together with the certified opinion recorded under section 3   oR section 5, as the case may be and the intimation of termination of   pregnancy shall be placed in an envelope which shall be sealed by the   registered medical practitioner or practitioners by whom such   termination of pregnancy was performed and until that envelope is sent   to the head of the hospital or owner of the approved place or the Chief   Medical Officer of the State, it shall be kept in the safe custody of he   concerned registered medical practitioner or practitioners, as the case   may be.
 (2)On every envelope referred to in sub-regulation (1), pertaining to   the termination of pregnancy under section 3, there shall be noted the   serial number assigned to the pregnant woman in the Admission Register   and the name of the registered medical practitioner or practitioners by   whom the pregnancy was terminated and such envelope shall be marked   “SECRET”.
 (3) Every envelope referred to in sub-regulation (2) shall be sent   immediately after the termination of the pregnancy to the head of the   hospital or owner of the approved place where the pregnancy was   terminated.  (4)               On receipt of the envelope referred to in   sub-regulation (3), the head of the hospital or owner of the approved   place shall arrange to keep the same in safe custody.  (5)               Every head of the hospital or owner of the approved   place shall send to the Chief Medical Officer of the Sate, IN  form II a   monthly statement of cases where medical termination of pregnancy has   been done.  (6)               On every envelope referred to in sub-regulation (1),   pertaining to the termination of pregnancy under section 5, there shall   be noted the name and address of the registered medical practitioner by   whom the pregnancy was terminated and the date on which the pregnancy   was terminated and such envelope shall be marked “SECRET”.
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                        | Explanation, - The columns pertaining to the hospital or approved place and the serial   number assigned to the pregnant woman in the Admission Register shall be   left blank in Form I in the case of termination performed under section   5.
 (7)               Where the Pregnancy is not terminated in an approved   place or hospital, every envelope referred to in sub-regulation (6)   shall be sent by registered post to the Chief Medical Officer of the   State on the same day on which the pregnancy was terminated or on the   working day next following the day on which the pregnancy was terminated   :  Provided that where the pregnancy is terminated in an approved place or   hospital, the procedure provided in sub-regulations (1) to (6) shall be   followed.
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                        | 5.Maintenance of Admission Register, - (1)               every head of the hospital or owner of the approved   place shall maintain a register in form III for recording there in the   details of the  admissions of women for the termination of their   pregnancies and keep such register for a period  of five years from the   end of the calendar year it relates to.
 (2) The entries in the Admission Register shall be made serially and a   fresh serial shall be started at the commencement of each calendar year   and the serial number of the particular year shall be distinguished from   the serial number of other years by mentioning the year against the   serial number, for example, serial number 5 of 1972 and serial number 5   of 1973 shall be mentioned as 5/1972 and 5/1973.
 (3) Admission Register shall be a secret document and the information   contained therein as to the name and other particulars of the pregnant   woman shall not be disclosed to any person.
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                        | 6.    Admission Register not to be open to inspection, - The Admission Register shall be kept in the safe custody of the head of   the hospital or owner of the approved place, or by any person authorized   by such head or owner and save as otherwise provided in sub-regulation   (5) of regulation 4 shall not be open for inspection by any person   except under the authority of law :-  Provided that the registered medical practitioner on the application of   an employed woman whose pregnancy has been terminated, grant a   certificate for the purpose of enabling her to obtain leave from her   employer ;  Provided further that any such employer shall not disclose this   information to any other person.
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                        | 7. Entries in registers maintained in hospital or approved place, - No entry shall be made in any case-sheet, operation theater register,   follow-up card or any other document or register other than the   admission Register maintained at any hospital or approved place   indicating therein the name of the pregnant woman and reference to the   pregnant woman shall be made therein by the serial number assigned to   the woman in the Admission Register
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                        | FORM I [ See Regulation 3 ] |  |  
                        | I______________________________________________________________________________________________  ( Name and qualifications of the Registered Medical practitioner in block letters )_______________________________________________________________________________________________  ( Full address of the Registered Medical practitioner )  I___________________________________  ( Name and qualifications of the Registered Medical practitioner in   block letters )  ______________________________________________________________________________________________  (   Full address of the Registered Medical practitioner ) hereby certify   that *I/We am/are of opinion, formed in good faith, that it is necessary   to terminate the pregnancy oF _______________________________________  ( Full name of pregnant women in block letters ) resident of   ________________________________________________________________________  ( Full address of pregnant women in block letters )  for the reasons given below**.  * I/We hereby give intimation that *I/We terminated the pregnancy of the   woman referred to above who bears the serial no. _______________ in the Admission Register of the hospital/approved   place.  Signature of the registered Medical Practitioner  Signature of the registered Medical Practitioners  Place :  Date :  *Strike out whichever is not applicable,  ** of the reasons specified items (i) to (v) write the one which is   appropriate.  (i)                  in order to save the life of the pregnant women,  (ii)                in order to prevent grave injury to the physical and   mental health of the pregnant women,  (iii)               in view of the substantial risk that if  the child   was born it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as   to be seriously handicapped,  (iv)              as the pregnancy is alleged by pregnant women to have   been caused by rape,  (v)                as the pregnancy has occurred as result of failure of   any contraceptive device or methods used by married woman or her   husband for the purpose of limiting the number of children  Note : Account may be taken of the pregnant women’s actual or reasonably   foreseeable environment in determining whether the continuance of her   pregnancy would involve a grave injury to her physical or mental health.  Place :  Date :  Signature of the Registered Medical Practitioner  Signature of the Registered Medical Practitioners |  |  
                        | FORM II[ See  Regulation 4(5) ]
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                        | 1. Name of the State 2. Name of the Hospital/approved place
 3. Duration of pregnancy ( give total No. only )
 (a) Up to 12 weeks.
 (b) Between 12 - 20 weeks
 4. Religion of woman
 (a) Hindu
 (b) Muslim
 (c) Christian
 (d) Others
 (e) Total
 5. Termination with acceptance of contraception.
 (a) Sterlisation.
 (b) I.U.D.
 6.  Reasons for termination :
 ( give total number under each sub-head )
 (a) Danger to life of the pregnant woman.
 (b) Grave injury to the physical health of the pregnant woman.
 (c) Grave injury to the mental health of the pregnant woman.
 (d) Pregnancy caused by rape.
 (e) Substantial risk that if the child was born, it would suffer from   such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped.
 (f) Failure of any contraceptive device or method.
 Signature of the Officer Incharge with Date
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                        | FORM III  ( See Regulation 5 )  ADMISSION REGISTER ( To be destroyed on the expiry of five years from the dated of the last entry in the Register )
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