THE UTTAR PRADESH ANATOMY ACT, 1956¹

1956 · State unknown · central · act_text

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1 · For Statement of Objects and Reasons, see Uttar Pradesh Gazette, Extraordinary, dated August 29, 1956.

2 · Section 2 to 11 of this Act came into force from April 15, 1959, vide notification no. 2037/ (1)- A/V-5071957, dated April 3, 1957, for Kanpur Unnao, Jalaon, Lucknow, Bara Banki, Sitapur, Hardoi, Allahabad, Fatehpur, Pratapgarh, Mirzapur, Agra, Jhansi, Mathura, Varanasi, Ghazipur, Jaunpur,Saharanpur, Meerut, Bulandshahr, Muzzffarnagar, Pilibhit and Aligarh Districts.

3 · The State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, authorize for the area to which this Act is applied or any part thereof, one or more officers to whom a report shall be made under section 4 and who shall be competent to act under the said section.

4 · Where the dead body of a person, dying in a hospital or a prison, is unclaimed, the authority incharge of the hospital, or, as the case may be, the prison, shall immediately give intimation of the fact to the authorized officer, who shall dispose it of in the manner laid down in section 5.

5 · (I) The authorized officer shall, subject to the provisions of sub-sections (2) and (3), in the case of an unclaimed dead body of person dying :

6 · Where any doubt or dispute arises whether person is a relative of the deceased, the matter shall be referred to such officer as may be appointed in this behalf by the State Government and his decision thereon shall be final and conclusive, and, pending such decision, the unclaimed dead body shall be preserved from decay in such manner as may be prescribed.

7 · Whoever disposes of, or abets the disposal of , an unclaimed dead body, save as provided by this Act, or obstructs any authority in charge of a medical institution or an authorized officer from handing over, taking possession of, removing or using, such dead body for the purposes specified in this Act, shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.

8 · Any authority or officer empowered to act under this Act shall, in the discharge of their duties, be given such assistance and help as he may reasonably require by all the officers and servants of the departments of Police, Medical, Public Health and of the local bodies.

9 · No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against any person for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Act.

10 · All officers appointed or authorized to act under this Act shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

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