Notification for amendment in Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2023

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-19062024-254813 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 309] NEW DELHI, TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 2024/JYAISHTHA 28, 1946 3616 GI/2024 MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 10th June, 2024 G.S.R. 332(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 (34 of 1971), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003, namely:— 1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Rules, 2024. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003, — (a) in rule 3B, in clause (e), for the words “mental retardation", the words "women with intellectual disability" shall be substituted; (b) in FORM E, in sub-paragraph (e), for the words "mental retardation", the words "women with intellectual disability" shall be substituted. [F. No. M-12015/27/2023-MCH] ARADHANA PATNAIK, Addl. Secy. Note.—The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Rules, 2003 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R.485(E) dated the 13th June, 2003 and subsequently amended vide notification number G.S.R.730(E), dated the 12th October, 2021.