Section 6 in Jammu and Kashmir Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1997
6. Authority for removal of human organs from bodies sent for post-mortem examination for medico-legal, 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 persons having been caused by accident or any other un-natural 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 purposes 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an authority for the use of any of his human organs for therapeutic purposes after his death, such authority had not been revoked by him before his death.
