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Bombay Anatomy Act, 1949, (Maharashtra) Section 5B

Title: Donation of Dead Bodies or Any Part Thereof of Deceased Person to Be Used for Therapeutic and Certain Other Purposes

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

.....such objection; or (b) that any near relative of the deceased objects to the body being so dealt with. (3) Subject to the provisions of sub-sections (4) and (5) of this section, the removal and use of the whole body or any part of a body in accordance with an authority given in pursuance of this section shall be lawful, and shall be sufficient warrant for the removal of the body or any part thereof and its use for the purposes of this Act. (4) In no case shall the body or any part of the body of any person be removed for any of the purposes specified in sub-section (1) from any place where such person may have died until after forty-eight hours from the time of such person's decease, nor until after twenty-four hours' notice, to be reckoned from the time of such decease 2[* * * *] or the Executive Magistrate, of the intended removal of the body, nor unless a certificate stating in what manner such person came by his death shall, previously to the removal of the body, has been signed by a registered medical practitioner who attended such person during the illness whereof he died, or, if no such practitioner attended such person during such illness, then by a registered.....

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Bombay Anatomy Act, 1949, (Maharashtra) Section 5

Title: Unclaimed Dead Bodies to Be Used for Therapeutic Purpose or Anatomical Examination

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

.....dies in such hospital and his body is unclaimed, the authorities in charge of such hospital shall with the least practicable delay report the fact to the authorized officer and such officer shall then hand over the unclaimed body to the authorities in charge of an approved institution 3[for any therapeutic purpose or] 4[for the purposes of medical education or research including] anatomical examination and dissection. (2) Where a person dies at a hospital other than a hospital referred to in sub-section (1) or in a prison and his body is unclaimed, the authorities in charge of such hospital or prison shall with the least practicable delay report the fact to the authorized officer, and the said officer shall hand over the unclaimed body to the authorities in charge of an approved institution for the purpose specified in sub-section (1). (3) Where a person having no permanent place of residence in the area where his death has taken place dies in any public place in such area and his body is unclaimed, the authorized officer shall take possession of the body and shall hand it over to the authorities in charge of an approved institution for the purpose specified in.....

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Manipur Municipalities Act, 1994 Section 160

Title: Burial of Paupers and Unclaimed Dead Bodies

State: Central

Year: 1994

The municipality may from time to time, out of the Municipal fund provide for the burial or burning of paupers and unclaimed dead bodies, free of charge, within the limits of the municipality or otherwise arrange to dispose of as it thinks fit.

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Eyes (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 5

Title: Authority for Removal of Eyes in Case of Unclaimed Bodies in Hospital or Prison

State: Central

Year: 1982

.....body is available in the hospital or prison; or (ii) two hours from the time of the death of the concerned person, in cases where facility for cold storage of the dead body is available in the hospital or prison. (3) No authority shall he given under sub-section (1) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased is likely to claim the dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body of the deceased within the time specified in clause (i) or, as the case may be clause (ii) of sub-section (2). Explanation. For the purposes of this section "hospital" includes a nursing home, medical or teaching institution for therapeutic purposes or other like institution.

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Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 Section 5

Title: Authority for Removal of Human Organs in Case of Unclaimed Bodies in Hospital or Prison

State: Central

Year: 1994

(1) In the case of a dead body lying in a hospital or prison and not claimed by any of the near relatives of the deceased person within forty-eight hours from the time of the death of the concerned person, the authority for the removal of any human organ from the dead body which so remains unclaimed may be given, in the prescribed form, by the person in charge, for the time being, of the management or control of the hospital or prison, or by an employee of such hospital or prison authorised in this behalf by the person in charge of the management or control thereof. (2) No authority shall be given under sub-section (1) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased person is likely to claim the dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body of the deceased person within the time specified in sub-section (1).

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Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 5

Title: Authority for Removal of Ears in Case of Unclaimed Bodies in Hospital or Prison

State: Central

Year: 1982

(1) In the case of a dead body lying in a hospital or prison and not claimed by any of the near relatives of the deceased person within sixteen hours from the time of the death of the concerned person, the authority for the removal of the ears from the dead body which so remains unclaimed may be given, in the prescribed form, by the person in charge, for the time being of the management or control of the hospital or prison or by an employee of such hospital or prison, authorised in this behalf by the person in charge of the management or control thereof. (2) No authority shall be given under sub-section (1) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased is likely to claim the dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body of the deceased within the time specified in sub-section (1) Explanation. For the purposes of this section, "hospital" includes a nursing home, medical or teaching institution for therapeutic purposes or other like institution.

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Bombay Anatomy Act, 1949, (Maharashtra) Section 5F

Title: Notice of Place Where Body Will Be Dealt with for All or Any of the Purposes of This Act

State: Maharashtra

Year: 1949

Every dead body removed as aforesaid for any of the purposes of this Act shall, before such removal, be placed in a decent coffin or shell or any other thing for holding the dead body, and be removed therein; and that the party removing the same, or causing the same to be removed as aforesaid, shall make provision that such body, after being dealt with for any of the purposes of this Act, be decently cremated or interred in consecrated ground or in some public cremation or burial ground in use for persons of that religious persuation to which the person whose body was so removed belonged; and that a certificate of the cremation, interment or burial of such body shall be transmitted 1[* * * *] to the Executive Magistrate, or any officer appointed by the State Government for the purposes, within six weeks after the day on which such body was received as aforesaid.] _______________ 1. The words "in Greater Bombay to the Coroner and elsewhere" were deleted, ibid., section 5.

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Indian Penal Code (45 of 1860) Chapter 16

Title: Of Offences Affecting the Human Body

State: Central

Year: 1860

..... 1. Substituted by Act 26 of 1955, section 117 and Schedule, for "transportation for life" (w.e.f. 1-1-1956). 2. Inserted by Act 27 of 1870, section 11. 3. Inserted by Act 12 of 1891, section 2 and Schedule II. Section 308 - Attempt to commit culpable homicide Whoever does any act with such intention or knowledge and under such circumstances that, if he by that act caused death, he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to three years, or with fine, or with both; and, if hurt is caused to any person by such act, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years, or with fine, or with both. Illustration A, on grave and sudden provocation, fires a pistol at Z, under such circumstances that if he thereby caused death he would be guilty of culpable homicide not amounting to murder. A has committed the offence defined in this section. Section 309 - Attempt to commit suicide Whoever attempts to commit suicide and does any act towards the commission of such offence, shall he punished with.....

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Anatomy Act, 1957(23 of 1957) Section 4A

Title: Donation of Bodies or Any Part Thereof of Deceased Persons for Anatomical Examination Etc.

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....of such removal, such certificate shall be delivered together with the body tothe authority in-charge of an approved institution receiving the same for any of the purposes aforesaid. (5) If the person interested has reason to believe that an inquest or a postmortem examination of such body may be required to be held, in accordance with the provisions of any law for the time being if force, the authority for the removal of the body or any part. 5 thereof shall not be given under this section except with the consent of the authority empowered to hold an inquest or order postmortem under such law.] ____________________ 1. Section 4A Inserted by Act 15 of 1999 w.e.f. 01.08.2001 by notification.

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Anatomy Act, 1957(23 of 1957) Section 4

Title: Unclaimed Dead Bodies in Hospitals, Prisons and Public Places How to Be Dealt with

State: Karnataka

Year: 1957

.....the prescribed time, the authority in charge of such hospital or prison or any police officer shall, with the least practicable delay report the fact to the authorised officer and the said officer shall take possession of the unclaimed body and except in the case referred to in sub-section (3), hand it over to the authority in charge of an approved institution, if it is required by that authority, for the purpose of conducting anatomical examination and dissection or other similar purpose. (2) If a person dies in any public place in an area in which he had no permanent place of residence and the body of that person is not claimed by any person interested within the prescribed time, the authorised officer shall take possession of such unclaimed body and except in the case referred to in sub-section (3), hand it over to the authority in charge of an approved institution, if it is required by that authority, for the purposes specified in sub-section (1). (3) When there is any doubt regarding the cause of death or when for any reason the authorised officer considers it expedient so to do, he shall forward the unclaimed body to the police officer referred to in section 174 of.....

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