Section 6:
Authority for removal of human organs or tissues or both from bodies sent for post-mortem examination for medico-legal or pathological purposes.
6. Authority for removal of 1[human organs or tissues or both] from bodies sent for
post-mortem examination for medico-legal or pathological purposes.-- Where the body of a person
has been sent for post-mortem examination--
(a) for medico-legal purposes by reason of the death of such person having been caused by accident
or any other unnatural cause; or
(b) for pathological purposes,the person competent under this Act to give authority for the removal of any 2[human organ or tissue or
both] from such dead body may, if he has reason to believe that such 2[human organ or tissue or both]
will not be required for the purpose for which such body has been sent for post-mortem examination,
authorise the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of that 2[human organ or tissue or both] of the
deceased person provided that he is satisfied that the deceased person had not expressed, before his
death, any objection to any of his 3[human organs or tissues or both] being used, for therapeutic purposes
after his death or, where he had granted an authority for the use of any of his 3[human organs or
tissues or both] for therapeutic purposes, after his death, such authority had not been revoked by him
before his death.
Notes:
1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "human organs" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
2. Subs. by Act 16 of 2011, s. 4 for "human organ" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
3. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for "human organs" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).