law: The Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection)] Act, 1994
  5. Written consent of pregnant woman and prohibition of communicating the sex of foetus.-
  (1) No person referred to in clause (2) of section 3 shall conduct the pre-natal diagnostic procedures unless-
  (a) he has explained all known side and after effects of such procedures to the pregnant woman concerned;
  (b) he has obtained in the prescribed form her written consent to undergo such procedures in the language which she understands; and
  (c) a copy of her written consent obtained under clause (b) is given to the pregnant woman.
  1[(2) No person including the person conducting pre-natal diagnostic procedures shall communicate to the pregnant woman concerned or her relatives or any other person the sex of the foetus by words, signs, or in any other manner.]
  1. Subs. by Act 14 of 2003, s. 8, for sub-section (2) (w.e.f. 14-2-2003).