Authority for removal of eyes in case of unclaimed bodies

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(1) In case of a dead body lying in an approved institution or prison and not claimed by any of the near relatives of the deceased person, the person in charge, for the time being, of the management or in control of the approved institution or prison or by an employee of such approved institution or person authorized in this behalf by the person in charge of the management or control thereof may give authority for removal of the eyes from the dead body in the form prescribed.
(2) The authority under sub-section
(1) shall not be given except after the expiry of—
- (i) half-an-hour from the time of death of the concerned person in cases where no facility for cold storage of the dead body is available in the approved institution or prison; or
- (ii) two hours from the time of death of the concerned person in cases where facility for cold storage of the dead body is available in the approved institution or prison.
(3) No authority under sub-section
(1) shall be given if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that any near relative of the deceased is likely to claim the dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body of the deceased within the time specified in clause
- (i) or clause
- (ii) of sub-section (2), as the case may be.

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