ADVOKS GLOBAL · KENYA
Human Tissue Act
3. Limitations on removal
Edition: 1967-01-01 · In force
3. Limitations on removal
(1)No such removal shall be effected except by a person permitted by law to practise medicine, who must have satisfied himself by a personal examination of the body that life is extinct.(2)Where a person has reason to believe that an inquest may be required to be held on any body or that a post-mortem examination of any body may be required by any person having power to so require, he shall not, except with the consent of the last-mentioned person—(a)give an authority under this Act in respect of that body; or(b)act on such an authority given by any other person.(3)No authority shall be given under this Act in respect of any body by a person entrusted with the body for the purpose only of its interment or cremation.(4)In the case of a body lying in a hospital, nursing home or other institution, any authority under this Act may be given on behalf of the person having the control and management thereof by any officer or person designated for that purpose by the first-mentioned person.(5)Nothing in this Act shall be construed as rendering unlawful any dealing with, or with any part of, the body of a deceased person which is lawful apart from this Act.