The 1[Maharashtra Anatomy Act
The 1[Maharashtra Anatomy Act
The Maharashtra Anatomy Act regulates how dead bodies are used for medical education, research, and therapeutic purposes in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It applies to hospitals, prisons, government officials, and the public. Under this law, unclaimed bodies from public areas or institutions, as well as voluntary donations, can be transferred to approved medical institutions, provided there are no objections from close relatives. This legislation matters because it provides a clear legal system for obtaining human bodies for medical training and transplantation while ensuring that deceased individuals are treated respectfully and ultimately buried or cremated according to their religious beliefs.
- 1. Short title, extent and commencement.
- 2. Definitions.
- 3. Deleted.
- 4. Power of State Government to authorize officers to act under section 5.
- 5. Unclaimed dead bodies to be used for therapeutic purpose or anatomical examination.
- 5A. Doubt or dispute whether person claiming body is near relative to be referred to transport of Executive Magistrate and body to be preserved pending decision.
- 5B. Donation of dead bodies or any part thereof of deceased person to be used for therapeutic and certain other purposes.
- 5C. No authority for removal of body or part thereof when body is entrusted to another only for interment or cremation.
- 5D. Authority to remove body, etc., when body is lying in approved institution.
- 5E. Approved Institutions to receive with body, certificate of death, etc.
- 5F. Notice of place where body will be dealt with for all or any of the purposes of this Act.
- 6. Penalty.
- 7. Duty of police and other officers to assist.
- 8. Protection of persons acting under the Act.
- 9. Officers to be public servants.
- 10. Rules.
- 10A. Act not to prohibit post-mortem examination.
- 10B. Saving.
- 11. Repeal and saving.
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