{"data":{"id":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-39-01","jurisdiction":"us-nd","citation":"N.D. Cent. Code § 12.1-39-01","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:\n1.\"Fetus\" means a living organism of the species homo sapiens from eight weeks' development until complete expulsion or extraction from a woman's body, or until removal from an artificial womb or other similar environment designed to nurture the development of such organism.\n2.\"Human cloning\" means human asexual reproduction, accomplished by introducing the genetic material of a human somatic cell into a fertilized or unfertilized oocyte, the nucleus of which has been or will be removed or inactivated, to produce a living organism with a human or predominantly human genetic constitution.\n3.\"Human embryo\" means a living organism of the species homo sapiens from the single-celled state to eight weeks' development.\n4.\"Human somatic cell\" means a cell having a complete set of chromosomes obtained from a living or deceased human organism of the species homo sapiens at any stage of development.\n5.\"Oocyte\" means a human female germ cell, also known as an egg.","path":["Title 12.1 Criminal Code","Chapter 12.1-39 Human Cloning"],"source_url":"https://ndlegis.gov/cencode/t12-1c39.pdf","current_through":"2026-07-31T11:12:02","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T21:04:14Z","sha256":"84095892990fd81e52b0724eec47f05138511119cb7e07e56b3279c07400a767","source_id":"us-nd","stale":true,"prev":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-38-05","next":"us-nd/n.d.-cent.-code-12.1-39-02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}