Act Number: 42

Act Name: The Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994

Year: 1994

Enactment Date: 1994-07-08

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Department: Department of Health and Family Welfare

Section 11: Prohibition of removal or transplantation of human organs or tissues or both for any purpose other than therapeutic purpose.
    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).
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