MTP Act of 1971 provides rules for termination of pregnancy till how many weeks of pregnancy

MTP act 1971, provides safeguards to the mother by authorizing only a Registered Medical Practitioner having experience in gynecology and obstetrics to perform aboion where the length of Pregnancy does not exceed 12 weeks Where the pregnancy exceeds 12 weeks and is not more than 20 weeks, the opinion of two Registered Medical Practitioners is necessary to terminate the pregnancy Reference : Park&;s textbook of preventive and social medicine, 23rd edition, Page no: 506