1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021.
(2) It shall come into force on such date2 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
1. Received the assent of the President on the 25th December, 2021.
2. January 25, 2022 [Vide Noti. No. S.O. 292(E), dated 20-1-2022].
2. Definitions.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(a) “abandoned child” means a child born out of surrogacy procedure who has been deserted by his intending parents or guardians and declared as abandoned by the appropriate authority after due enquiry;
(b) “altruistic surrogacy” means the surrogacy in which no charges, expenses, fees, remuneration or monetary incentive of whatever nature, except the medical expenses and such other prescribed expenses incurred on surrogate mother and the insurance coverage for the surrogate mother, are given to the surrogate mother or her dependents or her representative;
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