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Sterilisation Act, 1998 (No. 44 of 1998).

Main Region

First Region

South Africa
Human rights
1998-09-04
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Permits consensual sterilisation of persons above the age of 18. Persons not capable of consenting (as in the case of mental disability) may be sterilised with the consent of a parent, spouse, guardian, or curator, and with the approval of a specified medical panel.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    1999-02-01
    Government Gazette, No. 19725

Implementing Text region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Government Gazette
    Date
    1998-09-04
    Volume
    Vol. 399
    Number
    No. 19216
    Page range
    7 p.