Hong Kong Regulations

TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY REGULATIONS - REGULATION 3

Certificate of opinion

(1) An opinion referred to in section 47A of the Ordinance shall be certified
in Form 1, Form 2 or Form 2A in the Schedule, as may be appropriate. (L.N. 50
of 1982)

(2) A certificate of an opinion referred to in section 47A(1) of the Ordinance
shall be given before the commencement of the treatment for the termination of
the pregnancy to which it relates.

(3) A certificate of an opinion referred to in section 47A(2C) or 47A(4) of
the Ordinance shall be given before the commencement of the treatment for the
termination of the pregnancy to which it relates or, if that is not reasonably
practicable, not later than 24 hours after such termination. (L.N. 50 of 1982)

(4) Any certificate referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be preserved
by the medical practitioner who terminated the pregnancy to which it relates
for a period of 5 years beginning with the date of such termination and may
then be destroyed.