Section 18: Punishment for removal of human organ without authority.

The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994Central Act · Act 42 of 1994

(1) Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who, for purposes of transplantation, conducts, associates with, or helps in any manner in, the removal of any human organ without authority, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to [ten years and with fine which may extend to twenty lakh rupees].

(2) Where any person convicted under sub-section (1) is a registered medical practitioner, his name shall be reported by the Appropriate Authority to the respective State Medical Council for taking necessary action including the removal of his name from the register of the Council for a period of [three years] for the first offence and permanently for the subsequent offence.

[(3) Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who conducts, or associates with or helps in any manner in the removal of human tissue without authority, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees.]

Where this provision sits

Act	The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994
Section	18
Marginal note	Punishment for removal of human organ without authority.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

substituted. . Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for "five years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
substituted. . Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for "two years" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
inserted. . Ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).

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