Authority for the removal of eyes of deceased persons.

1. (1) If any person had, either in writing or orally, in the presence of two or more witnesses (at least one of whom is a near relative of such person) unequivocally authorised, at any time before his death, the use of his eyes, after his death, for therapeutic purposes (such person being hereinafter

referred to in this section as the “donor”), the person lawfully in possession of the dead body of the donor shall, unless he has any reason to believe that the donor had subsequently revoked the authorisation aforesaid, grant, to the medical practitioner referred to in sub-section (2), all reasonable facilities for the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of the eyes from the dead body of the donor.

1. (2) The authority given under sub-section (1) shall be sufficient warrant for the removal, for therapeutic purposes, of the eyes from the body of the deceased person; but no such removal shall be made by any person other than a registered medical practitioner possessing a post-graduate qualification in Ophthalmology or a certificate showing that he had received training in enucleation procedure in the Ophthalmic Department of an approved institution, who had satisfied himself, before such removal, by a personal examination of the body from which eyes are to be removed, that life is extinct in such body.

Explanation:— For the purpose of this section, registered medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification referred to in