(7) In the case of a dead body lying in a hospital or prison and not claimed by any of the near relatives of the deceased person within forty-eight hours from the time of the death of the concerned person, the authority for the removal of any ’[human organ or tissue or both] from the dead body which so remains unclaimed may be given, in the prescribed form, by the person in charge, for the time being, of the management or control of the hospital or prison, or by an employee of such hospital or prison authorised in this behalf by the person in charge of the management or control thereof.
(2) No authority shall be given under sub-section (7) if the person empowered to give such authority lias reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased person is likely to claim the dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body of the deceased person within the time specified in sub-section (7).
6. Authority for removal of 4[human organs or tissues or both] from bodies sent for post-mortem examination for medico-legal or pathological purposes. Where the body of a person has been sent for post-mortem examination—
(a) for medico-legal purposes by reason of the death of such person having been caused by accident or any other unnatural cause; or (/?) for pathological purposes.
I The word “and" omitted by Acl 16 of 2011, s. 6 {w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
2. Ins. by s. 6, ibid, (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
3. Suhs. by s. 4. ibid., for’‘human organ" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
4. Subs, by s. 4, ibid., for "human organs" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014). 6 t a H f T “ T T ! ukndJe f lhiS AM ,0 8ive aulh°ri* for ,he re"1° ''al o f a"J '[human organ or , issue or will „ m T SLIChd“ dbod:v ma>'-lf he has reason to believe that such '[human organ o r t e u e or both] w not be required for the purpose for which such body I,as been sent for post-mortem examination authorise the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of that '[human organ or hssue ™ bothT of me deceased person provided that he is satisfied that the deceased person had not expressed before his eath any objection to any of his “[human organs or tissues or both] being used, for therapeutic purposes after his death or, where he had granted an authority for the use of any of his S n organs o before his deaih. Pl'rp°SeS' after his death’ such aathoi% had not been revoked by him