Clause 3

by deleting paragraph (c) of subsection (2) thereof and substituting therefor the following: —“(c)the applicant is the father or mother, as the case may be —

of two or more existing children; or

of one existing child where the Board is of the opinion formed in good faith that treatment for sexual sterilization is necessary or desirable on medical, therapeutic or environmental grounds (the expression “environmental grounds” in this sub-paragraph includes the financial and social circumstances of the applicant).”;

by inserting immediately after subsection (2) thereof the following new subsections: —“(3) The Board may authorise treatment for sexual sterilization on an applicant, if the following conditions are satisfied, namely —

in the case of an applicant over twenty-one years of age, who is not married, if the applicant applies to the Board in writing requesting such treatment for sexual sterilization and gives consent to such treatment;

in the case of an applicant who is married, whether over twenty-one years of age or not, if he applies to the Board in writing for treatment for sexual sterilization and gives consent to such treatment and if his application is accompanied by a consent in writing of the wife or husband, if there is one, of the applicant,and in either case, to which paragraph (a) or (b) refers —

if the applicant for treatment is afflicted with any hereditary form of illness that is recurrent, mental illness, mental deficiency or epilepsy; and

if the Board considers that the treatment is in the best interest of the applicant and of society generally.(4) Where a person —

who is married is afflicted with a mental illness or mental deficiency to such an extent as to be unable to apply to the Board in writing for treatment for sexual sterilization and to give his consent to that treatment, the wife or husband of that person, if there is one, may apply in writing to the Board requesting treatment for sexual sterilization and give consent on behalf of the person to such treatment; or

who is not married and is twenty-one years of age or over and is afflicted with mental illness or mental deficiency to such an extent as to be unable to apply to the Board in writing for treatment for sexual sterilization and to give his consent to that treatment, the parent or parents, if living, or the guardian of such person if there is no parent living may apply in writing to the Board requesting treatment for sexual sterilization and give consent to such treatment,and the Board may authorise treatment for sexual sterilization on that person if it considers that the treatment is in the best interests of that person and of society generally.”;

by renumbering the existing subsections (3), (4), (5) and (6) as subsections (5), (6), (7) and (8) respectively;

by inserting immediately after the expression “recurrent,” appearing in the second line of paragraph (b) of subsection (5) thereof the expression “mental illness,”;

by deleting the word “thirty” appearing in the second line of subsection (6) thereof and substituting therefor the word “seven”;

by deleting the word “thirty” appearing in the second line of subsection (7) thereof and substituting therefor the word “seven”;

by deleting the word “shall” appearing in the third line of subsection (7) thereof and substituting therefor the word “may”;

by deleting the expression “(4)” appearing in the first line of subsection (8) thereof and substituting therefor the expression “(6)”;

by deleting the word “three” appearing in the second line of subsection (8) thereof and substituting therefor the word “two”;

by inserting immediately after the word “is” appearing in the third line of subsection (8) thereof the words “about to enter or is in a Government hospital or”; and

by inserting immediately after the word “child” appearing at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (8) thereof the words “or undergoing gynaecological surgery”.