BALIKA- PCPNDT
THE PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (PNDT) ACT & RULES
The Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Regulation and Prevention of Misuse) Act,
1994, was enacted and brought into operation from 1st January, 1996, in order to check
female foeticide. Rules have also been framed under the Act. The Act prohibits
determination and disclosure of the sex of foetus . It also prohibits any advertisements
relating to pre-natal determination of sex and prescribes punishment for its contravention.
The person who contravenes the provisions of this Act is punishable with imprisonment and
fine.
Recently, PNDT Act and Rules have been amended keeping in view the emerging
technologies for selection of sex before and after conception and problems faced in the
working of implementation of the ACT and certain directions of Hon’ble Supreme Court
after a PIL was filed in May, 2000 by CEHAT and Ors, an NGO on slow implementation of
the Act. These amendments have come into operation with effect from 14th February, 2003