Removal of eyes of deceased person

If any person either in writing at any time, or orally in the presence of two or more witnesses during his last illness, has expressed a request that his eyes be used for therapeutic purposes after his death, the person lawfully in possession of his body after his death may, unless he has reason to believe that the request was subsequently withdrawn, authorise the removal of the eyes from the body for

¹ Substituted for the words "the whole of Himachal Pradesh" by A. O. 1973.

2. The Act came in to force from 15

th April, 1965 vide Notification No. 2-6/65-Med.

II, dated the 17

th May, 1965, published in the Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh dated th June, 1965, p. 229.

3. The definition of "State Government" omitted by A. O. 1973.

THE HIMACHAL PRADESH CORNEAL GRAFTING ACT, 1964 3 those purposes.

1. (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the person lawfully in possession of the body of a deceased person may authorise the removal of the eyes from the body for the purposes aforesaid unless that person has reason to believe-
   • (a) that the deceased had expressed an objection to his eyes being so dealt with after his death, and had not withdrawn such objection; or
   • (b) that a near relative of the deceased objects to the deceased's eyes being so dealt with.
2. (3) An authority given under the provisions of this section in respect of any deceased person shall be sufficient warrant for the removal of the eyes from the body and their use for the purposes aforesaid; but no such removal shall be affected except by a registered medical practitioner working in an approved institution who has satisfied himself by a personal examination of the body that life is extinct.