Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
6. Authority for removal of human organs from
bodies sent for postmortem examination for medico legal or pathological
purposes
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, authorize the
removal, for therapeutic purpose, 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such authority had not been revoked by him before his death.