Section 8:
Savings.
(1) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be construed as rendering
unlawful any dealing with the body or with any part of the body of a deceased person if such dealing
would have been lawful if this Act had not been passed.
(2) Neither the grant of any facility or authority for the removal of any 1[human organ or tissue
or both] from the body of a deceased person in accordance with the provisions of this Act nor the
removal oil any 1[human organ or tissue or both] from the body of a deceased person in pursuance of
such authority shall be deemed to be an offence punishable under section 297 of the Indian Penal Code
(45 of 1860).
Notes:
1. Subs. by Act 16 of 2011, s. 4 for "human organ" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).