REGD.No. D.L.-33004/99

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II- Section 3-Sub-section(i)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 74         New Delhi, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2003 /MAGHA 25, 1924

 MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(Department of Family Welfare)

New Delhi, the 14th February, 2003

 Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse)

Amendment Rules, 2003

Description

G.S.R.109(E).-    In exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994), the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments to the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Rules, 1996.

Rule 1- Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Rules, 2003.

 (1)  These may be called the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Amendment Rules, 2003.

  (2)  They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the official gazette.

Rule 2- Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules, 1996.

     In the Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Rules, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) in rule 1, for sub-rule (1) the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

 “(1) These Rules may be called the Pre-conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Rules, 1996.”