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Criminal Code Act 1924
178DTermination by person other than medical practitioner or pregnant woman
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178D Termination by person other than medical practitioner or pregnant woman
[Section 178D Amended by No. 72 of 2013, s. 14, Applied:12 Feb 2014]
(1) A person who performs a termination on a woman and who is not –
(a) a medical practitioner; or
(b) the pregnant woman –
is guilty of a crime.
Charge: Termination by person other than medical practitioner or pregnant woman.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) , woman means a female person of any age.