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Section 3

Removal and use of parts of bodies

of Human Tissues Act 1974

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Section 3
(1)

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the removal and use of any part of a body in accordance with an authorization given in pursuance of section 2 shall be lawful.

(2)

No such removal shall be effected except by a medical practitioner fully registered under section 14 of the Medical Act 1971 [Act 50], and who together with at least one other fully registered medical practitioner have satisfied themselves by personal examination of the body that life is extinct.

(3)

Where a person has reason to believe that a post-mortem, or an inquest or an inquiry into the death, may be held under the

Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593], he shall not except with the written consent of the Magistrate—

(a)

give authorization under section 2 in respect of the body;

or

(b)

act on an authorization given by the deceased under subsection 2(1) or by any other person.