Singapore legislation
Clause 16
Clause 16
Act does not prevent specified removal of organ, etc.
(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.