Federal Act
on Medically Assisted Reproduction
(Reproductive Medicine Act, RMA)

of 18 December 1998 (Status as of 1 July 2023)


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Art. 32 Misuse of reproductive material 51

1 Any per­son who uses re­pro­duct­ive ma­ter­i­al ob­tained from an em­bryo or foetus to bring about im­preg­na­tion or fur­ther de­vel­op­ment in­to an em­bryo shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

2 Any per­son who pur­chases or sells hu­man re­pro­duct­ive ma­ter­i­al or products de­rived from em­bry­os or foetuses shall be li­able to cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing three years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

3 If the of­fend­er acts in a pro­fes­sion­al ca­pa­city, the pen­alty shall be a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or a mon­et­ary pen­alty.52

51 Amended by No I of the FA of 12 Dec. 2014, in force since 1 Sept. 2017 (AS 2017 3641; BBl 2013 5853).

52 Amended by No I 26 of the FA of 17 Dec. 2021 on the Har­mon­isa­tion of Sen­ten­cing Policy, in force since 1 Ju­ly 2023 (AS 2023 259; BBl 2018 2827).

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