Which of the following Acts was enacted to prohibit sex selection and female foeticide in India?

The correct answer is Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994.

Key Points

• Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994 acts were enacted to prohibit sex selection and female foeticide in India.
• The abortion of a female fetus is called female foeticide.
• This is a major social problem in India and has cultural connections with the dowry system that is ingrained in the Indian culture, despite the fact that it has been prohibited by law since 1961.
• It is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to stop female foeticides and arrest the declining sex ratio in India.
• The act banned prenatal sex determination. ​

Additional Information

• Indecent Representation of Women Act, 1986
  • ​An Act to prohibit indecent representation of women through advertisements or in publications, writings, paintings, figures, or in any other manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
• The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012:
  • An Act to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.
• The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015:
  • An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to children alleged and found to be in conflict with the law and children in need of care and protection by catering to their basic needs through proper care, protection, development, treatment, and social re-integration.
  • As per law, a juvenile is any individual below the age of 18. According to laws in India, any child below the age of 7 cannot be convicted under any law for any crime.