Article 283

No person other than a medical practitioner duly authorized and licensed by the appropriate authorities may terminate a pregnancy.

A duly authorized and licensed medical practitioner who terminates a pregnancy shall not be prosecuted where the pregnancy is terminated with the consent of the pregnant woman, or, in circumstances where it is impossible to procure the consent of the pregnant woman, the consent sequentially of her spouse, any one available parent, grandparent, other guardian or eldest of her children who has attained majority, and where:

the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest;

the termination is performed on a girl under the age of 18 years; or

in the opinion of the medical practitioner, the pregnancy might endanger the physical or mental health of the woman and it is impossible to avert in any other way.

For purposes of termination of pregnancy:

under sub-Article (2)(a) hereof, there shall be a certification of the existence of rape or incest from a Court which has jurisdiction over offences prescribed under Articles 281 or 282, which certification shall have been issued after a summary Court procedure as prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Code; and

under sub-Article (2)(b) hereof, there shall, in the absence of legally issued documents from which the age of the woman can be verified, be a certification of the age of the woman from a Court or any other institution that has the authority by law to confirm the age of natural persons, which certification shall have been issued after a summary Court procedure as prescribed in the Civil Procedure Code.