Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994 — back to Table of Contents
Section 1. Short title, application and commencement
(1) This Act may be called the Transplantation of Human Organs and Tissues Act, 1994.
(2) It applies, in the first instance, to the whole of the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and to all the Union territories and it shall also apply to such other State which adopts this Act by resolution passed in that behalf under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution.
(3) It shall come into force in the States of Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra and in all the Union territories on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint and in any other State which adopts this Act under clause (1) of article 252 of the Constitution, on the date of such adoption; and any reference in this Act to the commencement of this Act shall, in relation to any State or Union territory, mean the date on which this Act comes into force in such State or Union territory.
Note: The Act came into force on 4 February 1995 in Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra and the Union Territories. It was extended to the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, with effect from 31 October 2019. The Act was originally titled the “Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994” and its scope was expanded to “human organs and tissues” by Act 16 of 2011, with effect from 10 January 2014.
