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Health (Family Planning) Act, 1979

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Number 20 of 1979

HEALTH (FAMILY PLANNING) ACT, 1979

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Interpretation.

2.

General duty of Minister.

3.

Family planning services.

4.

Control of sale and supply of contraceptives.

5.

Control of importation of contraceptives.

6.

Control of manufacture of contraceptives.

7.

Control of advertising and display of contraceptives.

8.

Forged or fraudulently altered prescriptions or authorisations.

9.

Grants for research.

10.

Saver in relation to abortion.

11.

Conscientious objections.

12.

Amendment of Censorship of Publications Act, 1929, and Act of 1946.

13.

Repeal of section 17 of Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1935.

14.

Penalties.

15.

Offences by bodies of persons.

16.

Regulations.

17.

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

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Number 20 of 1979

HEALTH (FAMILY PLANNING) ACT, 1979

AN ACT TO MAKE PROVISION FOR FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES AND, WITH A VIEW TO ENSURING THAT CONTRACEPTIVES ARE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR THE PURPOSE, BONA FIDE, OF FAMILY PLANNING OR FOR ADEQUATE MEDICAL REASONS, TO REGULATE AND CONTROL THE SALE, IMPORTATION, MANUFACTURE, ADVERTISEMENT AND DISPLAY OF CONTRACEPTIVES AND TO PROVIDE FOR CERTAIN OTHER MATTERS. [23rd July, 1979]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: