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Transplantation Of Human Tissues Act (No. 48 of 1987) - Sect 9

Authority to remove the body or any part thereof or any tissue of a deceased person

9.
(1) Where a person, who has given the consent for a donation effective upon death, dies, next of kin, or any person lawfully in possession of the body, after the death of such person, other than a person entrusted with such body for the purposes only of its interment or cremation, or for any purpose incidental to such interment or cremation, may, unless such next of kin, or person lawfully in possession of such body as the case may be, has reason to believe that the consent given for such donation effective upon death has subsequently been revoked as provided for by section 6, authorize the removal by the donee of such body or such part or such tissue as specified in such consent as referred to in section 2;, and the upon the donee shall have a right to such body or such part or such tissue, as the case may be, to utilize it for any of purposes referred to in section 2, where no specific purpose out of such purposes has been specified in such consent.
(2) Any prescribed technician may, after the death of such person has been certified by a medical practitioner, remove from the body and prepare for use, such part of tissue.


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