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Ins. by s. 10, ibid. (w.e.f. 10-1-2014). (c) no place including a hospital registered under sub-section (/) of section 15 shall be used or cause to be used by any person for the removal, storage or transplantation of any ‘human organ or tissue or both] except for therapeutic purposes; *[and] *[(d) no Tissues Bank, unless registered under this Act, shall carry out any activity relating to the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage and distribution of tissues. ] (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (/), the eyes or the ears may be removed at any place from the dead body of any donor, for therapeutic purposes, by a registered medical practitioner. Explanation.—For the purposes of this sub-section, “ears” includes ear drums and ear bones.