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Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002
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#### 19 Offence—placing of an embryo
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places a human embryo in an animal.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places a human embryo in the body of a human, other than in a woman’s reproductive tract.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years.
(3) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places an animal embryo in the body of a human for any period of gestation.
Penalty for contravention of this subsection: Imprisonment for 15 years.