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| (1) On the death of any person who has not given consent for a donation effective upon death, it shall be lawful for the next of kin of such deceased person, who is above the age of twenty-one years, to give prior consent in writing for the removal of the body of such person or such part or such tissue as may be specified in such consent, for any of the purposes specified in section 2, if such deceased person had not at any time during his life expressed any contrary intention. |
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| (2) On the death of any child, it shall be lawful for both parents, or in the absence or incapacity of one parent, for the other parent, or in the absence of both parents, for the guardian of such child, to give prior consent in writing, for the removal of the body of such child or such part thereof or such tissue as may be specified in such consent for any of the purposes of section 2. |
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| (3) No consent given under subsection (1) or subsection (2) shall be valid unless the donee is specified in such consent. |
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| (4) The donee under this section shall be the same as specified- in section 4. |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts