Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
In this Act, unless .there is anything. repugnant in -the subject or context- - (a) "approved institution" means a hospital . . or a 'medid or teaching institution for therapeutic purposes approved by the Stat4 Government tor the purposes of this Act ; . . (b) "n& relative" in relati& to a d d person, means any of .$he following rtla- tives of the deceastd, that is, wife, husband, paren!, son, daughter, brother and sister and lncludes an o- person who is related to the g eoeased- (i) by lineal or wllateral consanguinity within three degrees in lineal relationship a ~ ~ d six degrees in collateral relationship ; .or I (if) by marriage either with the d#xased or with any relative s @ d y mentioned in this ,.clause or mth any 0% relative within the a f o r k d degr#s ; THE ORISSA CORNEAL G ~ G ACT, 1960 [Or. A d 1 . . (Sec. 3) Explanation-Tbe expression "lineal and colla- ,, of ,925 terd consanguinity" ' shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indian Succession Act, 1925; (c) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this. Act; (d) "recognised" means recognised for the purposes of xhis Act in such manner as may be prescribed; - ' . (e) "registered medical practitioner" means a practitioner practising any system of medi- cine and registered as such under any law for the time being in force in India;' and (f) "unclaimed body" means the body of a deceased person who has no near relative or which has not k e n claimsd by any of his near relatives within such time as may . be prescribed . ., ~rmovd . 3. (1) If: any person has expressed -in writing a oyn of dm- - request that his eyes be used for therapeutic purposes parsom. after his death, the person lawfu1Iy in possession of ,, his.body:after-his'death may, unless he has reason to believe that the request was subsequently withdrawn, authorise in writing the xem~val of the eyes from the body for the said purposes. (2) T h e person so authorising shall, if he expres~ei his desire in writing at the time of authorisation, be paid such amount in such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed.. (3) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub- section ( I ) the person ,lawfully in possession of the body of a deceased person may authorise the removal of the eyes from the body for the purposes aforesaid unless that person has reason to believe- (a) that the deceased had expressed an objec- tion to his eye being so dealt with after his death, and had not withdrawn such objec- tion; or (b] that a near relative of the deceased objects to the deceased's eyes bcin SO dealt with, (4) An authority given under the provisions of this section in respect of any deceased person shall be sullicient warrant for the removal of the eyes from the body and their use for the purposes aforesaid.