In force · As amended up to 2026-08
5. The word "and" omitted by s. 8, ibid . (w.e.f. 10-1-2014)
(c) no place including a hospital registered under sub-section (1) of section 15 shall be used or cause to be used by any person for the removal, storage or transplantation of any 1[human organ or tissue or both] except for therapeutic purposes; 2[and]
[3] [(d) no Tissues Bank, unless registered under this Act, shall carry out any activity relating to the recovery, screening, testing, processing, storage and distribution of tissues.]
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the eyes or the ears may be removed at any place from the dead body of any donor, for therapeutic purposes, by a registered medical practitioner.
— Explanation. For the purposes of this sub-section, "ears" includes ear drums and ear bones.
Source: India Code