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PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
16.
—(1) Nothing in this Act shall apply to or in relation to —
(a)
the removal of any organ from the body of a living person in the course of a procedure or operation carried out, in the interests of the health of the person, by a medical practitioner with the consent, express or implied, given by or on behalf of the person or in circumstances necessary for the preservation of the life of the person;
(b)
the use of any organ so removed;
(c)
the embalming of the body of a deceased person; or
(d)
the preparation, including the restoration of any disfigurement or mutilation, of the body of a deceased person for the purpose of interment or cremation.
17.
—(1) No person shall remove any organ from the body of a deceased person for the purpose referred to in section 5(1) except in pursuance of the authority given under Part II.
(2) 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.
18.
—(1) Subject to this section, a person shall not disclose or give to any other person any information or document whereby the identity of a person —
(a)
from whose body any organ has been removed for the purpose of transplantation;
(b)
with respect to whom or with respect to whose body a consent or authority has been given under this Act; or
(c)
into whose body any organ has been, is being, or may be, transplanted,
may become publicly known.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to or in relation to any information disclosed —
(a)
in pursuance of an order of a Court or when otherwise required by law;
(b)
for the purposes of hospital administration or bona fide medical research;
(c)
with the consent of the person to whom the information relates; or
(d)
when the circumstances in which the disclosure is made are such that the disclosure is or would be privileged.
(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.