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(1) Any person who renders his
services to or at any hospital and who, for purposes of transplantation, conducts, associates with, or helps
in any manner in, the removal of any human organ without authority, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to 1[ten years and with fine which may extend to twenty lakh
rupees].
(2) Where any person convicted under sub-section (1) is a registered medical practitioner, his
name shall be reported by the Appropriate Authority to the respective State Medical Council for
taking necessary action including the removal of his name from the register of the Council for a
period of 2[three years] for the first offence and permanently for the subsequent offence.
3[(3) Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who conducts, or associates with
or helps in any manner in the removal of human tissue without authority, shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to five lakh
rupees.]
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1. Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for "five years and with fine which may extend to ten thousand rupees" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
2. Subs. by s. 16, ibid., for "two years" (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).
3. Ins. by s. 16, ibid. (w.e.f. 10-1-2014).