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Rh Organ to be removed and transplanted by authorised medical practitioners

7.—(1) No person other than an authorised medical practitioner in a hospital shall remove any organ which is authorised to be removed pursuant to section 5 or transplant any such organ.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1),
 * “authorised medical practitioner” means a medical practitioner who has been authorised by the Director to remove any organ pursuant to section 5 or to transplant any such organ.

(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Operation of other laws

8. Nothing in this Part shall prevent the removal of any organ from the bodies of deceased persons in accordance with the provisions of any other written law. PART III REGISTRATION OF OBJECTION Persons may register their objection

9.—(1) Any person who objects to the removal of any organ from his body after his death for the purpose mentioned in section 5(1) may register his objection with the Director in a prescribed form.

(2) Upon receipt of the written objection of a person under subsection (1), the Director shall issue to that person an acknowledgment in a prescribed form.

Director to maintain register

10.—(1) The Director shall establish and maintain a register in which shall be entered the objection of all persons lodged in accordance with section 9.