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NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
NATIONAL LEGISLATION OVERVIEWS
Sterilisation Act, No. 44
of 1998
Long title
To provide for the right to sterilisation; to determine the circumstances under which sterilisation may be performed and, in particular, the circumstances under which sterilisation may be performed on persons incapable of consenting or incompetent to consent due to mental disability; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
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Long title
To provide for the right to sterilisation; to determine the circumstances under which sterilisation may be performed and, in particular, the circumstances under which sterilisation may be performed on persons incapable of consenting or incompetent to consent due to mental disability; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Table of contents
| SECTION | TITLE |
| PREAMBLE | |
| 1. | Definitions |
| 2. | Persons
capable of consenting |
| 3. | Person
incapable
of consenting or incompetent to consent due to severe mental disability
[...Title
amended by Act 2005_003_003_20050622 - was
entitled "Person incapable of consenting or incompetent to
consent due to severe mental disability"] |
| 4. | Consent |
| 5. | Place
where sterilisation may take place |
| 6. | Keeping
of records |
| 7. | Delegation |
| 8. | Regulations |
| 9. | Offences
and penalties |
| 10. | Repeal
of laws |
| 11. | Short title and commencement |
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