Section 11

Prohibition of removal or transplantation of human organs or tissues or both for any purpose other than therapeutic purpose.

The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994

  • Act 42 of 1994
  • Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  • Department of Health and Family Welfare
About this Act

An Act to provide for the regulation of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes and for the prevention of commercial dealings in human organs and tissues and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

All sections
    11. Prohibition of removal or transplantation of 2 [human organs or tissues or both] for any purpose other than the rapeatic purposes.-- No donor and no person empowered to give authority for the removal of any human organ shall authorise the removal of any 1[human organ or tissue or both] for any purpose other than therapeutic purposes.

Notes

1. Subs. by Act 16 of 2011, s. 4, for "human organ" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
2. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "human organs" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).

Source: India Code (Legislative Department, Govt. of India). Check the official Gazette before relying on it in court. Not legal advice. Free legal aid: 15100 (NALSA) · Know your rights

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