sec.11Offence—heritable alterations to genome

### sec.11 Offence—heritable alterations to genome A person commits an offence if— the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered; and in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered. Maximum penalty—15 years imprisonment. In this section— human cell includes a human embryonal cell, a human fetal cell, human sperm and a human egg. s 11 sub 2007 No. 45 s 7 (sec.11-ssec.1) A person commits an offence if— the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered; and in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered. Maximum penalty—15 years imprisonment. (sec.11-ssec.2) In this section— human cell includes a human embryonal cell, a human fetal cell, human sperm and a human egg. - (a) the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered; and - (b) in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered.