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Part II—Section 1

Notifications or Orders of specific character or of particular interest to the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT 

CONTENTS

DTP—II-1 (21)

HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT

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[Part  II—Sec. 1

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT

Notification under the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011

[G.O. Ms. No. 203, Health and Family Welfare (Z1), 30th April 2020, CˆF¬ó 17, ꣘õK, F¼õœÀõ˜ ݇´-2051.]

No. II(1)/HFW/9/2020.—WHEREAS, the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (Central Act 42 of 1994) enacted by

the Parliament was adopted by the State of Tamil Nadu by passing a resolution by the Tamil Nadu State Legislature under

clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution of India;

AND WHEREAS, in pursuance of clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution of India, resolutions have been passed

by the Houses of the Legislatures of the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal to the effect that the aforesaid

Act should be amended by Parliament;

AND WHEREAS, in pursuance of the aforesaid resolutions passed by the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and West

Bengal, the Parliament had enacted the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Central Act 16 of 2011)

which provides for the regulation of removal, storage and transplantation of human organs and tissues for therapeutic purposes

and for prevention of commercial dealings in human organs and tissues;

AND WHEREAS, sub-section(2) of Section 1 of the aforesaid Amendment Act provides that the said Act shall apply to

a State which adopts that Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution;

AND WHEREAS, the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly considered that it is desirable to have a uniform Law throughout

India on the subject matter referred to and hence, passed a resolution under clause (1) of Article 252 of the Constitution on

the 24th March 2020 that the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Central Act 16 of 2011) be adopted

by the State of Tamil Nadu;

Now, THEREFORE, the Transplantation of Human Organs (Amendment) Act, 2011 (Central Act 16 of 2011) has come

into force in this State on and from 24th March 2020.

BEELA RAJESH,

Secretary to Government.

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