Customary Initiation Act, 2021 (Act No. 2 of 2021)Chapter 3 : Role-Players24. Medical practitioners |
| (1) | A male medical practitioner may— |
| (a) | subject to section 28(6), perform male circumcisions or supervise the performance of such circumcisions; |
| (b) | only perform male circumcisions or supervise the performance of such circumcisions if he has been provided with all required consent forms contemplated in section 28; and |
| (c) | if he deems it necessary for medical reasons based on the medical certificate contemplated in section 22(1)(c), refer an initiate to a hospital for the purposes of circumcision. |
| (2) |
| (a) | For the purposes of subsection (1), the parents or legal or customary guardian of an initiate, as the case may be, may, after consultation with the principal of the particular initiation school, invite a male medical practitioner to perform circumcision on the relevant male initiate or to supervise the performance of such circumcision as contemplated in section 28(6) within the confines of the customs and traditions of the particular community. |
| (b) | If the parents or legal or customary guardian does not invite a medical practitioner as contemplated in paragraph (a), the principal of the particular initiation school must arrange for a medical practitioner to perform circumcision or supervise the performance of such circumcision as contemplated in section 28(6). |
| (3) | For the purposes of issuing the certificate contemplated in section 22(1)(c), a medical practitioner must take into account any guidelines as may be developed in terms of section 9(1)(b)(vii). |