Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts

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Transplantation Of Human Tissues Act (No. 48 of 1987) - Sect 16

Medical practitioner certifying death not to participate in transplantation

16.
(1) Any medical practitioner who has certified the death of any person shall not participate in any transplantation of any tissue or part of the body of such person.
(2) Any medical practitioner acting in contravention of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period of one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand rupees or to both such imprisonment and fine
(3) Nothing in this section shall, in any way, affect a medical practitioner who participates in the transplantation of cornea.

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