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SURROGACY ACT 2019 (NO 31 OF 2019) - SECT 26

26—Offence to advertise certain services relating to surrogacy

        (1)         A person must not publish an advertisement, statement, notice or other material that—

            (a)         seeks, or purports to seek, the agreement of a person to act as a surrogate mother for valuable consideration; or

            (b)         states, or implies, that a person is willing to act as a surrogate mother for valuable consideration.

Maximum penalty: $10 000.

        (2)         In proceedings for an offence against this section, it is not necessary for the prosecution to prove that a person did, in fact, as a surrogate mother, or that a surrogacy agreement (whether a lawful surrogacy agreement or otherwise) was, in fact, entered.

        (3)         In this section—

"publish" means to disseminate or provide access, by any means, to the public or a section of the public.

Part 6—Miscellaneous



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