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TRANSPLANTATION AND ANATOMY ACT 1979 - SECT 48A

48A Offence to give false or misleading information

(1) A person shall not, in connection with a proposal to remove tissue from any body for the purpose of transplantation or transfusion or for use for other therapeutic, medical or scientific purposes, knowingly furnish information that is false or misleading concerning the suitability of the body for removal of the tissue for the purpose in question.

Maximum penalty--200 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment.

(2) It is immaterial for the purposes of subsection (1) whether the body from which tissue is to be removed is that of a living person or a deceased person.



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