Subdiv 3Orders for payment of medical and hospital expenses in connection with lawful termination of pregnancy

Subdivision 3—Orders for payment of medical and hospital expenses in connection with lawful termination of pregnancy 113—Orders re payment of medical expenses etc where pregnancy terminated (1) Where the Magistrates Court is satisfied on complaint made by or on behalf of a female person— (a) that the complainant has been pregnant but her pregnancy has been lawfully terminated otherwise than by the birth of a child; and (b) that the defendant has had sexual intercourse with the complainant at such a time that the act of intercourse may have resulted in the pregnancy of the complainant, the court may order the defendant to pay such amount as it considers reasonable for or towards the medical and hospital expenses incurred by the complainant in connection with the termination of the pregnancy. (2) The court must not make an order under this section if it is satisfied that at the time of the act of sexual intercourse, the complainant was a common prostitute.