The Bihar Corneal Grafting Act, 1960

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    "title": "The Bihar Corneal Grafting Act, 1960",
    "short_title": "The Bihar Corneal Grafting Act, 1960",
    "act_number": "(Bihar Act 17 of 1960)",
    "act_year": 1960,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Bihar",
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    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "The Bihar Corneal Grafting Act, 1960",
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            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(a) \"approved institution\" means a hospital or a medical or teaching institution for therapeutic purposes approved by the State Government for the purposes of this Act;\n(b) \"near relative\", in relation to a deceased person, means any of the following relatives of the deceased, namely, wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother and sister and including any other person who is related to the deceased-\n(i) by lineal or collateral consanguinity within six degrees in lineal or collateral relationship; or\n(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;\n(c) \"prescribed\" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;\n(d) \"recognised\" means recognised for the purposes of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed;\n(e) \"registered medical practitioner\" means a practitioner practising any system of medicine and recognised as a registered medical practitioner under any law for the time being in force in India; and\n(f) \"unclaimed body\" means the body of a deceased person who has no near relative or which has not been claimed by any of his near relatives within such time as may be prescribed.",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Removal of eyes of deceased person.",
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            "content": "(a) that the deceased had expressed an objection to his eyes being so dealt with after his death, and had not withdrawn such objection; or\n(b) that a near relative of the deceased objects to the deceased's eyes being so dealt with.",
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            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Authority when not to be given.",
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            "content": "(i) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that an inquest may be required to be held on the body; or\n(ii) after the body has been removed to the burial or cremation ground for the purpose of burial or cremation.",
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            "title": "5. Person entrusted with the body only for cremation, etc., not to give authority.",
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            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Authority in respect of unclaimed body.",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Power of the State Government to make rules.",
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        "Act ID": "bh076",
        "Act Number": "(Bihar Act 17 of 1960)",
        "Enactment Date": "",
        "Act Year": "1960",
        "Short Title": "The Bihar Corneal Grafting Act, 1960",
        "Type": "STATE",
        "Location": "Bihar"
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    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:19"
}