Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—

1. (a) "approved institution" means a hospital or a medical or teaching institution for therapeutic purpose approved by the State Government for the purposes of this Act;
2. (b) "near relative" means any of the following relatives of the deceased, namely, a wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother and sister, and includes any other person who is related to the deceased—
   • (i) by lineal or collateral consanguinity within three degrees in lineal relationship and six degrees in collateral relationship; or
   • (ii) by marriage either with the deceased or with any relative specifically mentioned in this clause or with any other relative within the aforesaid degrees. Explanation.—The expressions "lineal and collateral consanguinity" shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively in sections 25 and 26 of the Indian Succession Act, 1925;
3. (c) "registered medical practitioner (ophthalmic)" means a medical practitioner who possesses a recognised medical qualification, included in the First and Third Schedules to the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956, and possesses a post-graduate qualification in ophthalmology or a certificate showing that he has received training in enucleation procedure in the ophthalmic department of a hospital or a teaching institution for therapeutic purposes approved by the State Government in this behalf and who is enrolled on a State Medical Register as defined in clause
4. (k) of section 2 of the said Act.