Section 5(1) in The Transplantation Of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 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 or tissue or both] [Substituted for the words "human organ" by Act 16 of 2011, Section 4.] 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.
