Section 19: Punishment for commercial dealings in human organs.

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

Whoever--

(a) makes or receives any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human organ;

(b) seeks to find a person willing to supply for payment any human organ;

(d) initiates or negotiates any arrangement involving the making of any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human organ;

(e) takes part in the management or control of a body of persons, whether a society, firm or company, whose activities consist of or include the initiation or negotiation of any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or

(f) publishes or distributes or causes to be published or distributed any advertisement,--

(a) inviting persons to supply for payment of any human organ;

(b) offering to supply any human organ for payment; or

[(g) abets in the preparation or submission of false documents including giving false affidavits to establish that the donor is making the donation of the human organs, as a near relative or by reason of affection or attachment towards the recipient,

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than [five years but which may extend to ten years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than twenty lakh rupees but may extend to one crore rupees].

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Where this provision sits

Act	The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994
Section	19
Marginal note	Punishment for commercial dealings in human organs.
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.

inserted, Act 16 of 2011. . Ins. by Act 16 of 2011, s. 17 (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
substituted. . Subs. by s. 17, ibid., for "two years but which may extend to seven years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than ten thousand rupees but may extend to twenty thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
omitted. . The proviso omitted by s. 17, ibid. (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).

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