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In this Act, unless the context otherwise Definitions. requires,- (1) "appr@ved institution" means a hospital or a medical or teaching institution approved by the State Government for all or any of the purposes of this Act ; (2) "authorised officer" means an officer ap- pointed under section 4; 1For State::nent -of Objects and Reasons see Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1962, page 1603. ' 498 I THE PUNJAB ANATOMY i[Act 14 of 1963 (3) "near relative'' means any of the following relatives of the deceased, namely, a wife, husband, p~rent, son, daughter, brother and sister, and includes any other person who is related to the deceased- (a) by lineal or collateral consanguinity within three degrees in lineal relation- ship and six degrees in collateral rela- tionship ; or (b) by marriage either with the deceased or with any relative specifically mention- ed in this· clause or with any other relative within the aforesaid degrees. Explanation.-The expression "lineal and collateral consanguinity" shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively in sections 25 and 26 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 ; (4) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act ; (5) "unclaimed body" means the body of a deceased person who has no near relative or whose body has not been claimed by any of his near relatives within such period as may be prescribed. Doubt or dis-