View All - 1987 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances TRANSPLANTATION OF HUMAN TISSUESMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Transplantation of Human Tissues Act, No. 48 of 1987.2. Donations to be taken effect upon death. 3. How the consent for a donation effective upon death is to be given. 4. Donees. 5. Relatives of any deceased person who may give consent to remove the body or any part thereof or nay tissue of such deceased person. 6. Donor may revoke the consent given for a donation effective upon death. 7. Consent by adult living person for the removal during life of non-regenerative tissues for transplantation. 8. Donation during life of re-generative tissues. 9. Authority to remove the body or any part thereof or any tissue of a deceased person. 10. Authority to remove the body, of tissue thereof of a person who dies in, or whose body has been brought into, a hospital. 11. Authority to remove the body, any part or any tissue thereof of a prisoner who dies inside a prison. 12. Power to authorize the removal of unclaimed bodies, for post-mortem examinations and anatomical research. 13. Any human body, or part or tissue thereof not to use for other purpose than for which it is donated. 14. Preservation of tissues.15. Meaning of death . 16. Medical practitioner certifying death not to participate in transplantation. 17. Any sale, dealing in or disposal of a body, or any part or tissue thereof prohibited. 18. Disclosure of information. 19. Nothing in this Act shall apply to inquiries held into deaths. 20. Advisory Council. 21. Duties of the Council. 22. Regulations. 23. Interpretation.