the clinics shall retrieve oocytes in such manner as may be specified by regulations;

not more than three oocytes or embryos may be placed in the uterus of a woman during the treatment cycle in such manner as may be specified by regulations;

a woman shall not be treated with gametes or embryos derived from more than one man or woman during any one treatment cycle;

a clinic shall never mix semen from two individuals for the procedures specified under this Act;

the embryos shall not be split and used for twinning to increase the number of available embryos;

the collection of gametes posthumously shall be done only if prior consent of the commissioning couple is available in such manner as may be prescribed;

the clinic shall not use ovum that are derived from a foetus, in any process of in-vitro fertilisation; and

such other duties as may be prescribed.

“fertilisation” means the penetration of the ovum by the spermatozoon and fusion of genetic materials resulting in the development of a zygote; and

“foetus” means a human organism during the period of its development beginning on the fifty-seventh day following fertilisation and ending at birth or abortion.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. —(1) The Pre-implantation Genetic testing shall be used to screen the human embryo for known, pre-existing, heritable or genetic diseases only.

(2)

The donation of an embryo after Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis to an approved research laboratory for research purposes shall be done only—

(a) with the approval of the commissioning couple or woman; and

(b) when the embryo suffers from pre-existing, heritable, life-threatening or genetic diseases.

(3)

The National Board may lay down such other conditions as it deems fit in the interests of the Pre-implantation Genetic testing.

Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expression—

(i) “Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis” means the genetic diagnosis when one or both genetic parents has a known genetic abnormality and testing is performed on an embryo to determine if it also carries a genetic abnormality; and

(ii) “Pre-implantation Genetic testing” means a technique used to identify genetic defects in embryos created through in-vitro fertilisation before pregnancy.