The UTTAR PRADESH CORNEAL GRAFTING ACT, 1964

mŸkj izns”k dksfuZ;y xzkf¶Vax vf/kfu;e] 1964 ¼mŸkj izns”k vf/kfu;e l[a ;k 23 o’kZ 1964½ THE UTTAR PRADESH CORNEAL GRAFTING ACT, 1964 [U. P. Act No. XXIII of 1964] mŸkj inz s”k dkSfuZ;y xzkf¶Vax vf/kfu;e] 19641 ¿mŸkj izns”k vf/kfu;e la[;k 23 o’kZ 1964À ¿mŸkj izns”k fo/kku ifj’kn~ us fnuk¡d 31 ekpZ] 1964 bZ0 rFkk mŸkj izns”k fo/kku lHkk us fnuk¡d 4 vxLr] 1964 bZ0 dh cSBd ea s Lohdr` fd;kA ^^Hkkjr dk lafo/kku^^ ds vuqPNsn 201 ds vUrxZr jk’Vªifr us fnuk¡d 28 flrEcj] 1964 bZ0 dks Lohdf`r iznku dh rFkk mŸkj izns”kh; ljdkjh vlk/kkj.k xtV ea s fnuk¡d 3 vDVwcj] 1964 bZ0 dks izdkf”kr gqvkAÀ fpfdRlh; rFkk vUos’k.k ds iz;kstuks a ds fy, e`r O;fDr;ks a ds us=ks a dk mi;ksx djus ds lEcU/k ea s O;oLFkk djus d s fy, vf/kfu;e vr,o Hkkjrh; x.kra= ds iUnzgos a o’kZ ea s fuEufyf[kr vf/kfu;e cuk;k tkrk gS %& 1&&¼1½ ;g vf/kfu;e mŸkj izns”k dkSfuZ;y xzkf¶Vax vf/kfu;e] 1964 dgyk,xkA laf{kIr “kh’kZ uke] izlkj rFkk izkjEHk ¼2½ bldk izlkj leLr mŸkj izns”k jkT; ea s gksxkA ¼3½ ;g vf/kfu;e rqjUr izpfyr gksxkA 2&& tc rd izlax }kjk vU;Fkk visf{kr u gks] bl vf/kfu;e ea s %& ifjHkk’kk,a ¼1½ ^^vuqeksfnr laLFkk^^ dk rkRi;Z vLirky ;k ,slh fpfdRlk f”k{k.k laLFkk ;k fpfdRlk vUos’k.k dsUnz vfHkizsr gS] ftls jkT; ljdkj] ljdkjh xtV eas foKfIr }kjk bl vf/kfu;e ds izz;kstu ds fy, vuqeksfnr djs( ¼2½ e`r O;fDr ds lEcU/k ea s ^^fudV lEcU/kh^^ ls fdlh ,sls O;fDr ls gS] ftldk lEcU/k e`rd ls iRuh] ifr] ekrk] firk] iq=] iq=h] HkkbZ] cfgu ds :Ik eas gks ;k tks er` d ds Loh; fof/k ds vuqlkj mldk mŸkjkf/kdkjh gks( ¼3½ ^^fu;r^^ dk rkRi;Z bl vf/kfu;e ds v/khu cuk; s x, fu;eks a }kjk fu;r ls gS( ¼4½ ^^ekU;rk izkIr^^ dk rkRi;Z vf/kfu;e ds iz;kstuks a ds fy, jkT; ljdkj }kjk] ,slh jhfr ls] tks fu;r dh tk;] ekU;rk izkIr ls gS( ¼5½ ^^fuc) fpfdRld^^ dk rkRi;Z ;w0ih0 esfMdy ,sDV] 1917 ds micU/kks a ds ;w0 ih0 ,sDV la[;k 3] v/khu fuc) fpfdRld ls gS( vkSj o’kZ 1917 ¼6½ ^^ykokfjl “ko^^ dk rkRi;Z ml e`r O;fDr ds “ko ls gS] ftldk dksbZ fudV lEcU/kh u gks ;k ftlds “ko ds fy, nkok mlds fdlh fudV lEcU/kh }kjk e`R;q ds nks ?kaVs d s Hkhrj u fd;k x;k gksA 3&&¼1½ ;fn fdlh O;fDr us fyf[kr :Ik eas fdlh le; vFkok ekSf[kd :Ik ea s e`r O;fDr;ks a ds us=ks a viuh vfUre chekjh ds nkSjku ea s nks ;k vf/kd xokgks a ds lkeus ;g bPNk O;Dr dh gks fd dk fudkyk tkuk mldh e`R;q ds Ik”pkr~ mlds us=ks a dk mi;ksx fpfdRldh; ;k vUos’k.k ds iz;kstuks a ds fy, fd;k tk; rks og O;fDr] ftlds dCts ea]s oS/kr% mldk “ko gks] mDr iz;kstuks a ds fy, “ko ls us=ks a dks fudkyus dk izkf/kdkj ns ldrk gS] tc rd fd mls ;g fo”okl djus dk dkj.k u gks fd mDr izkFkZuk ckn ea s okil ys yh xbZ FkhA 1- mn~ns”;ks a vkSj dkj.kks a ds fooj.k ds fy, fnukad 23 uoEcj] 1963 bZ0 dk ljdkjh vlk/kkj.k xtV nsf[k;sA [m0 iz0 dkSfuZ;y xzkf¶Vax vf/kfu;e] 1956] [v/;k; 4&7] ¼2½ mi/kkjk ¼1½ ds micU/kks a Ikj izfrdwy izHkko Mkys fcuk] og O;fDr] ftlds dCts ea s oS/kr% e`r O;fDr dk “ko gks] mi;qZDr iz;kstuks a ds fy, “ko ls us=ksa dks fudkyus dk izkf/kdkj ns ldrk gS] tc rd mls ;g fo”okl djus dk dkj.k u gks & ¼d½ e`rd us viuh e`R;q ds Ik”pkr~ vius us=ks a ds bl izdkj fudkys tkus ds lEcU/k ea s vkifŸk O;Dr dh Fkh vkSj mlus og vkifŸk okil ugha yh Fkh( ;k ¼[k½ e`rd ds fdlh fudV lEcU/kh us e`rd ds us=ks a ds bl izdkj fudkys tkus ij vkifŸk dh gSA ¼3½ mi;qZDr iz;kstuks a ds fy, e`rtkr cPps ds us= mlds ;FkkfLFkfr] ekrk&firk vFkok ekrk ;k firk dh lgefr ls fudkys tk ldrs gSaA ¼4½ fdlh e`r O;fDr ds lEcU/k ea s bl /kkjk ds v/khu fn;k x;k izkf/kdkj “ko ls us=ks a dks fudkyus vkSj mi;qZDr iz;kstuks a ds fy, mudk mi;ksx djus ds fy, Ik;kZIr izkf/kdkj gksxk] fdUrq bl izdkj us= fudkyus dk dk;]Z fdlh vuqeksfnr laLFkk ea s dke djus okys ekU;rk izkIr fuc) fpfdRld O;olk;h }kjk gh fd;k tk,xk] ftlus “ko dh O;fDrxr ijh{kk dj ds viuk ;g lek/kku dj fy;k gks fd og fu’izk.k gks x;k gSA 4&& /kkjk 3 ds v/khu us=ks a dks fudkyus dk izkf/kdkj u fn;k tk,xk %& izkf/kdkj dc ugha fn;k tk,xk ¼d½ ;fn ,slk izkf/kdkj nsus ds fy, vf/kdr` O;fDr dks ;g fo”okl djus dk dkj.k gks fd rRle; izpfyr fdlh fof/k ds micU/kks a ds vuqlkj “ko dk ej.kkUos’k.k fd;k tk ldrk gS( ¼[k½ ml O;fDr }kjk] ftls vU; O;fDr us e`r O;fDr ds “ko dks dsoy mls xkM+us ;k mldk cfgdeZ djus d s iz;kstu ds fy, lkSaik gksA 5&& vuqeksfnr laLFkk ea s iM+ s gq, ykokfjl “ko dh n”kk ea]s bl vf/kfu;e ds v/khu ykokfjl “ko ds lEcU/k es a us=ks a dks fudkyus dk izkf/kdkj ml O;fDr }kjk ftlds fu;U=.k ;k izcU/k es a ,slh laLFkk gks izkf/kdkj ;k mlds }kjk rnFk Z izkf/kdr` fdlh vU; O;fDr }kjk mlh jhfr ls fn;k tk ldrk gS] tks fu;r dh tk;A 6&& ¼1½ jkT; ljdkj] bl vf/kfu;e ds iz;kstuks a dks dk;kfZUor djus ds fy,] jkT; ljdkj dk fu;e iwoZ izdk”ku ds Ik”pkr~ fu;e cuk ldrh gS A cukus dk vf/kdkj ¼2½ bl vf/kfu;e ds v/khu cuk, x, lHkh fu;e] cuk; s tkus d s Ik”pkr~] ;Fkk”kD; “kh?kz] jkT; fo/kku e.My ds izR;sd lnu ds le{k] tc mldk l= gks jgk gks] mlds ,d l= ;k ,dkf/kd vkuqdzfed l=ks a es a dqy pkSng fnu dh vof/k Ik;ZUr j[kas tk;asxs vkSj tc rd fd dksbZ ckn dk fnuk¡d fu/kkZfjr u fd;k tk;] xtV es a izdk”ku ds fnuk¡d ls] ,sls ifj’dkjks a rFkk vfHk”kUw ;uks a ds v/khu jgrs gq, izHkkoh gksxa s] tks fo/kku e.My ds nksuks a lnu djus ds fy;s lger gks]a fdUrq bl izdkj dk dksbZ ifj’dkj ;k vfHk”kUw ;u lEc) fu;eks a ds v/khu igys dh xbZ fdlh ckr dh oS/krk ij izfrdwy izHkko u MkysxkA 7&& ¼1½ bl vf/kfu;e ds mi;qZDr micU/kks a dh dksbZ ckr] e`r O;fDr ds “ko ;k viokn mlds fdlh Hkkx ds lEcU/k ea s fdlh ,slh dk;oZ kgh dks voS/k djus okyh u ekuh tk,xh] tks oS/k gksrh] ;fn ;g vf/kfu;e ikfjr u gqvk gksrkA ¼2½ bl vf/kfu;e ds micU/kks a ds vuqlkj us=ksa dks fudkyus ds fy, fn;k x;k ,sDV la[;k 45] o’kZ dksbZ vf/kdkj] bf.M;u Ikhuy dksM dh /kkjk 297 ds micU/kks a dk mYya?ku u le>k tk,xkA 1860 THE UTTAR PRADESH CORNEAL GRAFTING ACT, 19641 [U. P. ACT NO. XXIII OF 1964] [Passed in Hindi by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council on March 31, 1964 and by the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, on August 4, 1964. Received the assent of the President on September 28, 1964- under Article 201 of ‘the Constitution of India’. and was published in the Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated October 3, 1964.] AN ACT to make provision with respect to the use of eyes of deceased persons for therapeutic and research purposes IT IS HEREBY enacted in the Fifteenth -Year of the Republic of India as follows- Short title, 1. (1) This Act may be called the Uttar Pradesh Corneal Grafting Act, 1964. extent and (2) It extends to the whole of Uttar Pradesh. commencement (3) This Act shall come in to force at once. Definitions 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (1) "approved institution" means a hospital or a medical teaching or research institution which the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, approve for the purposes of this Act; (2) "near relative" in relation to a deceased person, means any person related to the deceased as wife, husband, parent, son; daughter, brother, Sister, and includes any other person who under the personal law governing the deceased may be the heir of the deceased ; (3 “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (4) "recognized" means recognized by the State Government for the purposes of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed ; (5) "registered medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the provisions of the U. P. Medical Act, 1917; and (6) "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 two hours of the death of the deceased. Removal of 3. (1) If any person either in writing at any time, or orally in the presence of two or eyes of more witnesses during his last illness has expressed a request that his eyes be deceased used for therapeutic or research purposes after his death, the person lawfully persons in possession of his body after his death may, unless he has reason to believe that the request was subsequently withdrawn, authorise the removal of the eyes from the body for the said purposes. 1 For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated November 23, 1963. [The Uttar Pradesh Corneal Grafting Act, 1964] [Section 4-7] (2) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), the person lawfully in possession of the body of a deceased person may authorize the removal of the eyes from the body for the purposes aforesaid, unless he has reason to believe that-------- (a) the deceased had expressed an objection to his eyes being so dealt with after his death, and had not withdrawn such objection; or (b) any near relative of the deceased objects to the deceased's eyes being so dealt with. (3) The eyes of a still-born child may be removed for the aforesaid purposes with the consent of his parents or parent as the case may be. (4) An authority given under this section in respect of any deceased person shall be sufficient warrant for the removal of the eyes from the body and their use for the purposes aforesaid; but no such removal shall be effected except by a recognized register medical practitioner working in an approved institution who has satisfied himself by a personal examination of the body that life is extinct. Authority 4. Authority for removal of the eyes shall not be given under section 3-- when not to (a) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to believe that be given an inquest may be held on the body in accordance with the provisions of any law for the time being in force ; (b) by a person entrusted by another person with the body of the deceased person for the purposes only of its interment or cremation. Authority in 5. In the case of an unclaimed body lying in an approved institution, an authority respect of an for removal of eyes under this Act may be given in such manner as may be unclaimed prescribed, by the person having the control or management of such institution body or by any other person authorized by him in this behalf. Power of the 6. (1) The State Government may after previous publication make rules for carrying State out the purposes of this Act. Government (2) All rules made under this Act shall, as soon as may be after they are made, be to make rules laid before each House of the State Legislature while it is in session, for a total period of fourteen days extending in its one session or more than one successive sessions and shall, unless some later date is appointed, take effect from the date of their publication in the Gazette, subject to such modifications or annulments as the two Houses of the Legislature may agree to make; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of any thing previously done thereunder. Saving 7. (1) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be construed as rendering unlawful any dealing with the body or any part thereof, of a deceased person who would have been lawful if this Act had not been passed. Act XLV of (2) Any authority for the removal of eyes given in accordance with the provisions 1860 of this Act shall not be deemed to be a contravention of the provisions of section 297 of the Indian Penal Code, --------------------------------------------------------------