




The Organ Transplantation Act issued by the Government of India 1994 has undergone major and minor changes in the form of addition of rules and amendments in order to improve the Act to make it much acceptable legally. Over a period of time, with an increase in cadaver organ donations, the rules and policies with regard to the same have been defined and redefined over the years. In this article, the Act, the rules, the amendments, the quick essentials of approach, and the forms are reviewed.


The Transplantation of Human Organ Act clearly lays out various procedures; for this purpose, it has thirteen different forms [Table 1]. The Central Government has amended the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994 (42 of 1994) to include certain changes called the Transplantation of Human Organs Rules, 1995 (GSR NO. 51(E), dr. 4-2-1995) [As amended vide GSR 571(E), dt.31-7-2008]. Given below are important excerpts from the rules.


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