Prohibition of Female Circumcision Act 1985
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2 Saving for necessary surgical operations.
(1) Subsection (1)(a) of section 1 shall not render unlawful the performance of a surgical operation if that operation— (a) is necessary for the physical or mental health of the person on whom it is performed and is performed by a registered medical practitioner; or (b) is performed on a person who is in any stage of labour or has just given birth and is so performed for purposes connected with that labour or birth by— (i) a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife; or (ii) a person undergoing a course of training with a view to becoming a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife. (2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether an operation is necessary for the mental health of a person, no account shall be taken of the effect on that person of any belief on the part of that or any other person that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
2 Saving for necessary surgical operations.
(1) Subsection (1)(a) of section 1 shall not render unlawful the performance of a surgical operation if that operation— (a) is necessary for the physical or mental health of the person on whom it is performed and is performed by a registered medical practitioner; or (b) is performed on a person who is in any stage of labour or has just given birth and is so performed for purposes connected with that labour or birth by— (i) a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife; or (ii) a person undergoing a course of training with a view to becoming a registered medical practitioner or a registered midwife. (2) In determining for the purposes of this section whether an operation is necessary for the mental health of a person, no account shall be taken of the effect on that person of any belief on the part of that or any other person that the operation is required as a matter of custom or ritual.
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