Human Organ Transplant Act 1987 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Prohibition of Trading in Organs and Blood
14. Advertisements relating to buying or selling of organs or blood prohibited
Feedback & supportNo person is to issue or cause to be issued any advertisement relating to the buying or selling in Singapore of any organ or blood or of the right to take any organ or blood from the body of a person.
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“organ” means —(a)except as provided in paragraph (b), any organ of a human body specified in the First Schedule; and(b)for the purposes of Parts 4 and 4A, any organ of a human body;
In this section, “advertisement” includes every form of advertising, whether in a publication, or by the display of any notice or signboard, or by means of any catalogue, price list, letter (whether circulated or addressed to a particular person) or other documents, or by words inscribed on any article, or by the exhibition of a photograph or a cinematograph film, or by way of sound recording, sound broadcasting or television, or in any other way, and any reference to the issue of an advertisement is to be construed accordingly.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both.[15