Section 1:
Short title, application and commencement.
This Act may be called the Transplantation of
1[Human Organs and Tissues] Act, 1994.
(2) It applies, in the first instance, to the whole of the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and
Maharashtra and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this
Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
(3) It shall come into force in the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and in all the
Union territories on such date2
as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any
other State which adopts this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such
adoption; and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to any State
or Union territory, means the date on which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory
Notes:
1 Subs. by s. 3, ibid., for "Human Organs" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
2 4th February, 1995, vide Notification No. S.O. 80(E), dated the 4th February, 1995, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
sec. 3(ii).
Extended to the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Union territory of Ladakh by Act 34 of 2019, s. 95 and the Fifth
Schedule (w.e.f. 31-10-2019).