Clause 8

Notwithstanding section 12(2)(c) of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day, any person who is a Muslim and has made a gift of any organ from his body under the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act (Cap. 175) after the expiry of the prescribed period shall, in the selection of a proposed recipient of any organ removed pursuant to section 5 of the principal Act as amended by this Act, have the same priority under section 12(1)(a) of the principal Act as a person who has not registered any objection with the Director under section 9(1) of the principal Act in respect of that organ.

In this section —

“appointed day” means the date of commencement of this Act;

“prescribed period” means the period prescribed in section 12(2)(a)(i), (ii) or (iii) of the principal Act in force immediately before the appointed day.