Goa, Daman and Diu (Authority for Use of Eyes for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1981

No: 14 Dated: Apr, 01 1981

Goa, Daman and Diu (Authority for Use of Eyes for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1981

An act to provide for the use of eyes of deceased persons for therapeutic purposes and for matters connected therewith.

Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu in the Thirty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Goa, Daman and Diu (Authority for the use of Eyes for Therapeutic Purposes) Act, 1980.

(2) It extends to the whole of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Administrator may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

2. Definitions.- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- 

(a) “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu appointed by the President under article 239 of the Constitution;

(b) “approved institution” means a hospital or teaching institution approved by the Administrator for the purposes of this Act;

(c) “near relative”, in relation to a deceased person, means his wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother and sister and includes any other person who is related to the deceased person.-

    (i) by lineal consanguinity within three degrees or by collateral consanguinity within six degrees; or

   (ii) by marriage with any of the relatives then in the Indian Succession Act, 1925, and degrees of relationship shall be computed in the manner laid down in that Act or any other law for the time being in force;

(d) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act.