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6. 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 human organ from such dead body may, if he has
reason to believe that such human organ 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 human organ
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 human organs being used, for therapeutic purposes, after his death
or,
where he had granted an authority for the use of any of his human
organs for therapeutic purposes after his death, such authority had
not been revoked by him before his death.
7. After the removal of any human organ from the body of any person,
the registered medical practitioner shall take such steps for the
preservation of the human organ so removed as may be prescribed.
8.
(1) Nothing in the foregoing provision 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 human organ from the body of a deceased person in accordance with
the provisions of this Act nor the removal of any human organ
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.
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