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In which year the Pre-Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act passed by the Parliament of India was enacted to prevent female feticide and declining sex ratio?
1. In 1994
2. In 1995
3. In 1996
4. In 1997

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : In 1994

The correct answer is In 1994.

 

  • Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, 1994 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female foeticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India.
  • This act was passed by the Parliament of India in 1994.
  • The act banned prenatal sex determination.
  • Every genetic counselling centre, genetic laboratory or genetic clinic engaged in counselling or conducting pre-natal diagnostics techniques, like in vitro fertilization (IVF) with the potential of sex selection (Preimplantation genetic diagnosis) before and after conception comes under the preview of the PCPNDT Act and are banned.

 

  • Salient features
    • ​The Act provides for the prohibition of sex selection, before or after conception.
    • It regulates the use of pre-natal diagnostic techniques, like ultrasound and amniocentesis by allowing them their use only to detect :
      • genetic abnormalities
      • metabolic disorders
      • chromosomal abnormalities
      • certain congenital malformations
      • haemoglobinopathies
      • sex-linked disorders.
    • No laboratory or centre or clinic will conduct any test including ultrasonography for the purpose of determining the sex of the foetus.
    • No person, including the one who is conducting the procedure as per the law, will communicate the sex of the foetus to the pregnant woman or her relatives by words, signs, or any other method.
    • Any person who puts an advertisement for pre-natal and pre-conception sex determination facilities in the form of a notice, circular, label, wrapper, or any document, or advertises through interior or other media in electronic or print form or engages in any visible representation made by means of hoarding, wall painting, signal, light, sound, smoke or gas, can be imprisoned for up to three years and fined Rs. 10,000.

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