Prohibition against placing human embryo clone in body of human or animal
s 5
Open ↗5. A person must not place any human embryo clone in the body of a human or the body of an animal.
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Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2004 PART 3 — PROHIBITED PRACTICES
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Division 1 — Human cloning
No defence that human embryo clone could not survive
s 6
Open ↗6. It is not a defence to an offence under section 5 that the human embryo clone did not survive or could not have survived.
Division 2 — Other prohibited practices
Prohibition against developing human embryo created other than by fertilisation of human egg by human sperm
s 7
Open ↗7. A person must not develop any human embryo, that is created by a process other than the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm, for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period when the development of the embryo is suspended.
Prohibition against developing human embryo outside body of woman for more than 14 days
s 8
Open ↗8. A person must not develop any human embryo outside the body of a woman for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period when the development of the embryo is suspended.
Prohibition against collecting viable human embryo from body of woman
s 9
Open ↗9. A person must not remove any human embryo from the body of a woman for the purpose of collecting a viable human embryo.
Prohibition against certain uses of embryo
s 10
Open ↗10. A person must not —(a) place any human embryo in an animal; (b) place any human embryo in the body of a human, other than in a woman’s reproductive tract; or (c) place any animal embryo in the body of a human for any period of gestation.
Prohibition against placing prohibited embryo in body of woman
s 11
Open ↗11. A person must not place any embryo in the body of a woman knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the embryo is a prohibited embryo.
Prohibition against importing and exporting prohibited embryos
s 12
Open ↗12. A person must not knowingly —(a) import any prohibited embryo into Singapore; or (b) export any prohibited embryo out of Singapore.
Prohibition against commercial trading in human eggs, human sperm and human embryos
s 13
Open ↗13.—(1) A person must not —(a) give or offer valuable consideration to another person; or (b) receive, or offer to receive, valuable consideration from another person, for the supply of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo. (2) Any contract or arrangement entered into by any person in contravention of subsection (1) is void. (3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to any contract or arrangement providing only for the reimbursement of any reasonable expenses incurred by a person in relation to the supply of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo. (4) To avoid doubt, any reference in this section to the supply of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo does not include the provision of any service for facilitating the donation and receipt of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo by receiving, storing, processing and subsequently implanting the donated human egg, human sperm or human embryo in the body of another human, whether or not for consideration. (5) In this section —“reasonable expenses” —(a) in relation to the supply of any human egg or human sperm, includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the collection, storage or transport of the egg or sperm; and (b) in relation to the supply of any human embryo, includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the storage or transport of the embryo; “valuable consideration”, in relation to the supply of any human egg, human sperm or human embryo by a person, includes any inducement, discount or priority in the provision of a service to the person, but does not include the payment of reasonable expenses incurred by the person in connection with the supply.
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