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| (1) No person shall buy, sell, dispose of, or otherwise deal in, directly or indirectly, for a valuable consideration, any body 'or any tissue or part thereof for any of the purposes referred to in section 2, without the prior written approval of the Minister. |
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| (2) The-Minister shall not grant such approval unless he is satisfied that adequate facilities are available to such person to collect, store and transplant any such body, tissue or part thereof and that such body, tissue or part thereof will be used by such person only for any of the purposes specified in section 2 of this Act. |
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| (3) Any person acting in contravention of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and, on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate, be liable to imprisonment of either description for a period not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred rupees or to both such Imprisonment and fine. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts