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ARTICLE 99 - Illegal Abortion
1) Any person who performs an abortion of a child upon a woman without her consent shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.
2) Any person who, in the absence of medical necessity, performs an abortion of a child, upon a woman, who is more than ten weeks pregnant and with her consent, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of two to four years. The woman who consents to the abortion in these cirumstances shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term up to one year and a judicial fine.
3) Where the act referred to in section one causes damage to the physical or mental health of the woman, the person shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six to twelve years. Where the act results in the death of the woman, a penalty of imprisonment for a term of fifteen to twenty years shall be imposed.
4) Where the act referred to in section two causes damage to the physical or mental health of the woman, the person shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three to six years. Where the act results in the death of the woman, a penalty of imprisonment for a term of four to eight years shall be imposed.
5) Irrespective of the consent of the woman; if an unauthorised person performs the abortion of a child, upon a woman, who is less than ten weeks pregnant; a penalty of imprisonment for a term of two to four years shall be imposed. If any of the offences listed in the above sections are committed by an unauthorised person, the penalties shall be increased by one half.
6) Where a woman is pregnant due to an offence that she was a victim of, no penalty shall be imposed upon any person who terminates such pregnancy, where the term of pregnancy is not more than twenty weeks and there is consent from the woman. However, this requires the termination of a pregnancy by expert doctors in a hospital environment.
ARTICLE 100 - Miscarriage
1) A woman who willingly aborts a child where the term of pregnancy is more than ten weeks shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term up to one year and a judicial fine.
ARTICLE 101 - Sterilisation
1) Any person who sterilises a man or woman, without their consent, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of three to six years. If the act is performed by a person who is unauthorised to sterilise, then the penalty shall be increased by one third.
2) Where the sterilisation is performed by an unauthorised person, even with the person's consent, a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one to three years shall be imposed.
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