(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) an Removal authority given under the provisions of this Act in respect of eyes, of any deceased person shall be sufficient warrant for the removal of the eyes from the body of. such deceased person and for the use of the eyes so removed for the purposes aforesaid.
(2) No removal of eyes from the body of any deceased person under an authority given under this Act shall be effected except by an authorised medical practitioner who must have satisfied himself by a personal examination of the body that life is extinct.
(3) Any eye removed from the body of a deceased person under an authority given under this Act shall, after such removal, be made over by the authorised medical practitioner removing the eye to the nearest approved institution and shall be kept therein for use for therapeutic purposes.
6. If any person contravenes, or abets the contravention of, any of the provisions of this Act, he shall, on conviction before a Magistrate, be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to- six months or with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees or with both.