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Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Complete Act

Title: Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed]

State: Central

Year: 1982

Preamble1 - EAR DRUMS AND EAR BONES (AUTHORITY FOR USE FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES) ACT, 1982 Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement Section2 - Definitions Section3 - Authority for removal of ears of deceased persons Section4 - Removal of ears not to be authorised in certain cases Section5 - Authority for removal of ears in case of unclaimed bodies In hospital or prison Section6 - Authority for removal of ears from bodies sent for post-mortem examination for medico-legal or pathological purposes Section7 - Preservation of ears removed from dead bodies Section8 - Savings Section9 - Protection of action taken in good faith Section10 - Power to make rules Repealing Act1 - TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN ORGANS ACT, 1994

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Preamble 1

Title: Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982

State: Central

Year: 1982

EAR DRUMS AND EAR BONES (AUTHORITY FOR USE FOR THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES) ACT, 1982 [Act, No. 28 of 1982] [7th August, 1982] PREAMBLE An Act to provide for the use of ears of deceased persons for therapeutic purposes and for matters connected therewith. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows: -

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 3

Title: Authority for Removal of Ears of Deceased Persons

State: Central

Year: 1982

.....expressed by such person to his ears being used after his death for therapeutic purposes, the person lawfully in possession of the dead body of such person may, unless he has reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased person has objection to the deceased persons cars being used for therapeutic purposes, authorise the removal of the ears of the deceased person for their use for therapeutic purposes. (3) The authority given under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, under subsection (2), shall be sufficient warrant for the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of the cars from the body of the deceased person; but no such removal shall be made by any person other than a registered medical practitioner, who had satisfied him-self, before such removal, by a personal examination of the body from which ears are to be removed, that life is extinct in such body.

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 6

Title: Authority for Removal of Ears from Bodies Sent for Post-mortem Examination for Medico-legal or Pathological Purposes

State: Central

Year: 1982

mortem 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 the can from such dead body may, if he has reason to believe that the ears 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 the ears of such deceased person provided that he is satisfied that the deceased person had not expressed, before his death, any objection to his cars being used for therapeutic purposes after his death or, where he had granted an authority for the use of his ears for therapeutic purposes after his death, such authority had not been revoked by him before his death.

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 7

Title: Preservation of Ears Removed from Dead Bodies

State: Central

Year: 1982

After the removal of the ears from the body of the deceased person, the registered medical practitioner shall take such steps for the preservation of the ears so removed as may be prescribed.

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 4

Title: Removal of Ears Not to Be Authorised in Certain Cases

State: Central

Year: 1982

(1) No facilities shall be granted under sub-section (1) of section 3 and no authority shall be given under sub-section (2) of that section for the removal of ears from the body of a deceased person, if the person required to grant such facilities, or empowered to give such authority, has reason to believe that an inquest may be required to be-held in relation to such body in pursuance Of the provisions of any law for the time being in force. (2) No authority for the removal of cars from the body of a deceased person shall be given by a person to whom such body has been entrusted solely for the purpose of internment, cremation or other disposal.

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.

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1982

.....suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act SECTION 10: POWER TO MAKE RULES (1) The Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for carrying out the provisions of this Act. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely: (a) the form in which removal of ears from unclaimed bodies may be authorised, as required by section 5-; (b) the preservation of removed ears, as required by section 7-; (c) the publicity which may be given to the provisions and objects of this Act; (d) any other matter which is required to be or may be prescribed . (3) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session; for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification.....

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994

State: Central

Year: 1982

.....the event of his brain-stem death, no such removal shall be undertaken unless such death is certified, in such form and in such manner and on satisfaction of such conditions and requirements as may be prescribed, by a Board of medical experts consisting of the following, namely :-- (i) the registered medical practitioner in charge of the hospital in which brain-stem death has occurred; (ii) an independent registered medical practitioner, being a specialist, to be nominated by the registered medical practitioner specified in clause (i), from the panel of names approved by the Appropriate Authority; (iii) a neurologist or a neurosurgeon to be nominated by the registered medical practitioner specified in clause (i), from the panel of names approved by the Appropriate Authority; and (iv) the registered medical practitioner treating the person whose brain-stem death has occurred. (7) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (3), where brain-stem death of any person, less than eighteen years of age, occurs and is certified under sub-section (6), any of the parents of the deceased person may give authority, in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed, for.....

Ear Drums and Ear Bones (Authority for Use for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1982 [Repealed] Section 2

Title: Definitions

State: Central

Year: 1982

.....and includes any other person who is related to him (i) by lineal consanguinity within three degrees or by collateral consanguinity within six degrees; or (ii) by marriage with any of the relatives aforesaid. Explanation. The expression "lineal consanguinity" and "collateral consanguinity" shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Indian Succession Act, 1925, and degrees of relationship shall be computed in the manner laid down in that Act; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (e) "registered medical practitioner" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and who is enrolled on a State Medical Register as defined in clause (k) of that section.