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Repeal and savings. 2 THE ERANSPLAN FATION OF 3[HUMAN ORGANS AND TISSUES] ACT. 1994 Act No. 42 of 1994 An Act to provide for the regulation o f removal, storage and transplantation of [human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes and for the prevention oPf commercial dealings in human organs and tissues] and for matters connected therewith or incidental WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the regulation of removal, storage and transplantation of l£ V C X n s ^tissues or°both][ ,heraPei"i<: P“'P0SeS f° r ■* « * " ° f ^ wi,h respm ,o -ny ° f ,ht and whereas inpursuance of clause (I) of article 252 of the Constitution, resolutions have been r l 1 2 3! a. ^ ° USeS °f .tlie Legfslatures of the St^es of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra to e effect that the matters aforesaid should be regulated in those States by Parliament by law; Be it enacted by Parliament in the Forty-fifth Year of the Republic of India as follows:- CHAPTERI Preliminary 3n aPP,icati0« and commencement. (7) This Act may be called the Transplantation of [Human Organs and Tissues] Act, 1994. (2) It applies, in the first instance, to the whole of the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution. (3) It shall come into force in the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and in all the riion territories on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause (7) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such adoption; and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, means the date on which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory,