Arunachal Pradesh Eyes (Authority For Use Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1991

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    "title": "Arunachal Pradesh Eyes (Authority For Use Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1991",
    "short_title": "Arunachal Pradesh Eyes (Authority For Use Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1991",
    "act_number": "(Act No. 3 of 1992)",
    "act_year": 1991,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Arunachal Pradesh",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Arunachal Pradesh Eyes (Authority For Use Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1991",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"Government\" means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh,\n(b) \"near relative\" , in relation to a deceased persons, means any persons related to him as spouse, parent, sou, daughter, brother or sister and includes any other person who is related to him -\n(i) by lineal consanguinity within three degrees or by collateral consanguinity within six degrees ; or\n(ii) by marriage with any of the relatives aforesaid.\n(c) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act :\n(d) \"registered medical practitioner (Ophthalmic)\" means a medical practitioner who possesses any recognised medical qualification as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956,(102 of 1956) and possesses a post graduate qualification in Ophthalmic or a certificate showing that he had receive training in (sic) procedure in that Ophthalmic Department of a hospital or teaching institution for (sic) approved by the Government in this behalf and who is enrolled on a State Medical Register as defined in clause (k) of the said section.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Authority  for removal of eyes of deceased persons.",
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Removal of eyes not authorised in certain cases.",
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        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Authority for removal of eyes from bodies sent for postmortem examination for medico legal or pathological purposes.",
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            "content": "(a) for medico legal purposes by reason of the death of such person having been caused by accident or any other unnatural cause,or\n(b) for pathological purposes, the person competent under this Act to give authority for the removal of the eyes from such dead body may,if he has reason to believe that the eyes will not be required for the purposes for which such body has been sent for postmortem examination, authorise the removal the republic purposes of the eyes of such decease person provided that he is satisfied that the deceased person had not expressed, before his death any objection to his eyes being used for therapeutic purposes after his death or where he had granted an authority for the use of his eyes for the republic purposes after his death, such authority had not been revoked by him before his death.",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Preservation of eyes removed from dead bodies.",
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            "sort_order": 5
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Savings.",
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        },
        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Protection of action taken in good faith.",
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        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(a) the form in which removal of eyes from unclaimed bodies may be authorised, as required by section 5 ;\n(b) the preservation of removed eyes, as required by section 7 ;\n(c) the publicity which may be given to the provisions and objects of this Act,\n(d) any other matter which is required to be of may be prescribed.",
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    "metadata": {
        "Act ID": "Last Updated 26th February, 2020 [aru052]",
        "Act Number": "(Act No. 3 of 1992)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1991",
        "Short Title": "Arunachal Pradesh Eyes (Authority For Use Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1991",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Arunachal Pradesh"
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}