Singapore legislation

Clause 8

of Abortion (Amendment) Bill

Clause 8

Amendment of section 12

Subsection (2) of section 12 of the principal Act is amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “registered medical practitioners” in paragraph (a) and substituting the words “authorised medical practitioners”;

(b)

by deleting paragraph (c) and substituting the following paragraphs: —“(c)providing for the general or limited authorisation of medical practitioners to carry out treatment to terminate pregnancy;

(d)

prescribing the qualifications and experience of medical practitioners for the purpose of being authorised to carry out treatment to terminate pregnancy; and”; and

(c)

by re-lettering the existing paragraph (d) as paragraph (e).