Victorian Numbered Acts

PROHIBITION OF HUMAN CLONING FOR REPRODUCTION ACT 2008 (NO. 72 OF 2008) - SECT 21

    (1)     A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a hybrid embryo.

    (2)     A person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a hybrid embryo.

    (3)     A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the creation or development of the hybrid embryo by the person is authorised by a licence.

    (4)     An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

Note

A licence to create or develop a hybrid embryo can be issued under section 15 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2008 for the purposes of testing sperm quality in an accredited ART centre—up to, but not including, the first mitotic division.

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