(1) In the case of a dead body lying in 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 from the dead body which so remained unclaimed may be given, in the prescribed form by the person incharge, 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 Removal of human organs not to be authorised in certain cases.
Authority for removal of human organs in case of unclaimed bodies in hospital or prison.
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(2) No authority shall be given under sub-section (1) if the person so empowered to give such authority has 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 (1).
6. Where the body of a person has been sent for postmortem examination,-
(a) for medico-legal purposes by reason of the death of such person having been caused by accident or any other un-natural cause; or
(b) for pathological purposes, the person competent under this Act to give authority for the removal of any human organ from such dead body may, if he has reason to believe that such human organ will not be required for the purpose for which such body has been sent for postmortem examination, authorise the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of that human organ of the deceased person provided that he is satisfied that the deceased person had not expressed, before his death, any objection to any of his human organs being used, for therapeutic purposes after his death or, where he had granted an authority for the use of any of his human organs for therapeutic purposes after his death, such authority had not been revoked by him before his death.
7. After the removal of any human organ from the body of any person, the registered medical practitioner shall take such steps for the preservation of the human organ so removed as may be prescribed.
Authority for removal of human organs from bodies sent for post-mortem examination for medico-legal or pathological purposes.
Preservation of human organs.
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