Arunachal Pradesh Anatomy Act, 2017
No: 6 Dated: Jun, 13 2017
THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH ANATOMY Act, 2017
(ACT NO. 6 OF 2017)
An Act to provide for the supply of unclaimed bodies of deceased persons or donated bodies or any part thereof of deceased persons to hospitals and medical and teaching institutions for the purpose of anatomical examination and dissection and other similar purposes.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the supply of unclaimed bodies of deceased persons or donated bodies or any part thereof of deceased persons to hospitals and medical and teaching institutions for the purpose of anatomical examination and dissection and other similar purposes.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh in the Sixty-eight Year of the Republic of India as follows.
1. Short title, extent and commencement. - (i) This Act may be called the Arunachal Pradesh Anatomy Act, 2017
(ii) It extends to whole State of Arunachal Pradesh.
(iii) It shall come into force from the date of its notification in the Official Gazette
2. Definition :- In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context,-
(i) "Approved Institution" means a hospital or a medical or an allied institution as may be declared by the state Government by notification in the official Gazette to be an approved institution for the purpose of this Act.
(ii) "Authorized Officer" means an officer authorized to Act under this Act.
(iii) "Hospital" means any hospital established or maintained by the State Government or by any Municipal Council, Municipality, Board or Panchayat and includes any other hospital (private) which may be declared by the State Government by notification in the Official Gazette, to be such hospital for the purpose of this Act.
(iv) "Near Relative" means any of the following relatives of the deceased namely, a wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother and sister and includes any other person who is related to the deceased (a) by lineal or collateral consanguinity within three degrees in lineal relationship and six degrees in collateral relationship, or (b) by marriage either with the deceased or with any relative specifically mentioned in this clause or with any other relative within the aforesaid degrees.
Explanation :- The expressions "lineal and collateral consanguinity" shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indian Succession Act 1925.
(v) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act.
(vi) "Unclaimed Body" means body of the deceased person who has no near relative or whose body has not been claimed by any of his near relatives within such period as may be prescribed.
3. Power of State Government to authorize officers to act under section 4 - (1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, authorize, one or more officers to whom a report shall be made under section 4 and such officer or officers shall be competent to act under this Act.
(2) Every officer authorized under thisAct shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code 1860.