18
CAP. 212]
Offences against the Person
[1981 Ed.
INTE
1967 c. X". x, 2.
1967 c. 87, s. 4.
made a report to a police officer within a period not exceeding 3 months after the date upon which she alleges any such offence was committed. (Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
(2C) For the purposes of sections 46 and 47, nothing in subsection (1), (2A) or (2B) shall be taken to authorize the termination of a pregnancy which is of more than 24 weeks duration, unless such termination is in the opinion of 2 registered medical practitioners formed in good faith, necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. (Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
(3) Except as provided by subsection (4), any treatment for the termination of pregnancy must be carried out in a hospital or clinic maintained by the Crown or declared by the Director of Medical and Health Services by notice published in the Gazette to be an approved hospital or clinic for the purposes of this section.
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner if 2 registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.
(5) The Governor in Council may make regulations--
(a) requiring any such opinion as is referred to in subsection (1) to be certified by the registered medical practitioners concerned, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed and requiring the preservation and disposal of certificates made for the purposes of the regulations;
(b) requiring a registered medical practitioner who terminates a pregnancy to give notice of the termination, and such other information relating to the termination as may be prescribed, to the Director of Medical and Health Services;
(c) prohibiting the disclosure, except to such persons or for such purposes as may be prescribed, of notices given or information furnished pursuant to the regulations.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), no person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorized by this section to which he has a conscientious objection, but in any legal proceedings the burden of proof of conscientious objection rests on the person claiming to rely on it.
(7) Nothing in subsection (6) shall affect any duty to participate in treatment which is necessary to save the life, or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health, of a pregnant woman.
(7A) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 47B or 47C. (Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
18
CAP. 212]
Offences against the Person
[1981 Ed.
INTE
1967 c. X". x, 2.
1967 c. 87, s. 4.
made a report to a police officer within a period not exceeding 3 months after the date upon which she alleges any such offence was committed. ( Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
(2C) For the purposes of sections 46 and 47, nothing in subsection (1), (2A) or (2B) shall be taken to authorize the termina- tion of a pregnancy which is of more than 24 weeks duration, unless such termination is in the opinion of 2 registered medical prac- titioners formed in good faith, necessary to save the life of the pregnant woman. (Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
(3) Except as provided by subsection(4), any treatment for the termination of pregnancy must be carried out in a hospital or clinic maintained by the Crown or declared by the Director of Medical and Health-Services by notice published in the Gazette to be an approved hospital or clinic for the purposes of this section.
(4) Subsection (3) shall not apply to the termination of a pregnancy by a registered medical practitioner if 2 registered medical practitioners are of the opinion, formed in good faith, that the termination is immediately necessary to save the life or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health of the pregnant woman.
(5) The Governor in Council may make regulations--
(a)
requiring any such opinion as is referred to in subsection (1) to be certified by the registered medical practitioners concerned, in such form and within such time as may be prescribed and requiring the preservation and disposal of certificates made for the purposes of the regulations;
(b) requiring a registered medical practitioner who terminates a pregnancy to give notice of the termination, and such other information relating to the termination as may be prescribed, to the Director of Medical and Health Services--
(c) prohibiting the disclosure, except to such persons or for such purposes as may be prescribed, of notices given or information furnished pursuant to the regulations.
(6) Subject to subsection (7), no person shall be under any duty, whether by contract or by any statutory or other legal requirement, to participate in any treatment authorized by this section to which he has a conscientious objection, but in any legal proceedings the burden of proof of conscientious objection rests on the person claiming to rely on it.
(7) Nothing in subsection (6) shall affect any duty to partici- pate in treatment which is necessary to save the life, or to prevent grave permanent injury to the physical or mental health, of a pregnant woman.
(7A) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of section 47B or 47C. (Added, 13 of 1981, s. 4)
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