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8 (2) The register referred to in subsection (1) shall not be open to inspection by the public.

(3) Any person who wilfully destroys, mutilates or makes any unauthorised alteration in the register referred to in 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.

Persons may withdraw their objection

11.—(1) Any person who has registered his objection with the Director under section 9 may withdraw his objection in a prescribed form.

(2) Upon receipt of the withdrawal under subsection (1), the Director shall issue to that person an acknowledgment in a prescribed form and shall remove the objection from the register referred to in section 10(1).

Proposed recipients of organ

12.—(1) Subject to subsection (2), in the selection of a proposed recipient of any organ removed pursuant to section 5—
 * (a) a person who has not registered any objection with the Director under section 9(1) shall have priority over a person who has registered such objection; and
 * (b) a person who has registered his objection with the Director under section 9(1) but who has withdrawn such objection under section 11(1) shall have the same priority as a person who has not registered any such objection, over a person whose objection is still registered with the Director, at the expiration of two years from the date of receipt of the withdrawal by the Director provided he has not registered again any such objection since that date.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a)—
 * (a) a person referred to in section 5(2)(g) shall have priority over a person who has registered such objection only if he has made a gift of his organ, to take effect upon his death, under