Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996

Act 92 of 1996

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Amended by Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, 2008

Amended by Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007

Amended by Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Amendment Act, 2004

Commenced by Choice on Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1996: Commencement

Published in Government Gazette 17602

Assented to

1.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2009-09-03 number 2188
2.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2014-03-13 number 3142
3.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2015-03-18 number 3356
4.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2016-03-18 number 3626
5.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2019-03-28 number 4215
6.	Eastern Cape Provincial Gazette dated 2020-07-17 number 4421
7.	Gauteng Provincial Gazette dated 2000-02-25 number 15
8.	KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazette dated 2006-05-25 number 6485
9.	KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazette dated 2020-06-18 number 2189
10.	KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Gazette dated 2024-05-02 number 2680

1.	H v Fetal Assessment Centre [2014] ZACC 34 (11 December 2014)	20 citations
2.	Premier of the Province of KwaZulu-Natal v Sonny and Another (47/2010) [2011] ZASCA 6 (4 March 2011)	1 citation
3.	Ex parte: J V D M and Others (104620/2024) [2025] ZAGPPHC 179 (24 February 2025)
4.	Sonny and Another v Premier of Province of KwaZulu-Natal and Another (4026/2003) [2009] ZAKZPHC 33 (7 August 2009)

1.	Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007	468 citations