State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH CORNEAL GRAFTING ACT, 1964

2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- (1) "approved institution" means a hospital or a medical teaching or research institution which the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, approve for the purposes of this Act; (2) "near relative" in relation to a deceased person, means any person related to the deceased as wife, husband, parent, son; daughter, brother, Sister, and includes any other person who under the personal law governing the deceased may be the heir of the deceased ; (3 “Prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (4) "recognized" means recognized by the State Government for the purposes of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed ; (5) "registered medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the provisions of the U. P. Medical Act, 1917; and (6) "unclaimed body" means the body of a deceased person, who has no near relative or which has not been claimed by any of his near relatives within two hours of the death of the deceased.