Cap. 524 Art. 19Status of child born.

(1) Any child born as a result of any medically assisted procreation procedure, including cases where the child was born from donated germ line cells or a donated embryo, shall be considered to be the child of the prospective parent or prospective parents who have expressed their consent in writing as provided in article 18 and shall for all intents and purposes of law be deemed to have been naturally born of the same prospective parent or prospective parents without the intervention of any procedure as aforesaid; and notwithstanding the provision of any other law, any such child shall be registered in any act of civil status as the direct descendant of such prospective parent or prospective parents who shall enjoy such rights and bear such duties according to law in respect of such child.

(2) There shall be no link of filiation between the child born from donated germ line cells or adopted embryos and the persons from whom donated germ line cells or adopted embryos originated.