2 [3A. Prohibition of sex selection.—No person, including a specialist or a team of specialists in the field of infertility, shall conduct or cause to be conducted or aid in conducting by himself or by any other person, sex selection on a woman or a man or on both or on any tissue, embryo, conceptus, fluid or gametes derived from either or both of them.
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Section 1 · Short title, extent and commencement.Section 2 · Definitions.Section 3 · Regulation of Genetic Counselling Centres, Genetic Laboratories and Genetic Clinics.Section 3B · Prohibition on sale of ultrasound machine, etc., to persons, laboratories, etc., not registered under the Act.Section 4 · Regulation of pre-natal diagnostic techniques.Section 5 · Written consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus.Section 6 · Determination of sex prohibited.Section 7 · Constitution of Central Supervisory Board.India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 20 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2025-11-03. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.