DEATH (DEFINITION) ACT 1983






TABLE OF PROVISIONS


 1.    Short title
 2.    Definition of death

 
Legislative history
 

 


DEATH (DEFINITION) ACT 1983
 - LONG TITLE
An Act to provide a definition of death for the purposes of the law of
South Australia.


DEATH (DEFINITION) ACT 1983

- SECT 1
1--Short
title

This Act may be cited as the Death (Definition)
Act 1983.


DEATH (DEFINITION) ACT 1983

- SECT 2
2--Definition of
death

For the purposes of the law of this State, a person has died when there has
occurred--

             (a)         irreversible cessation of all function of the brain of the person;
or

             (b)         irreversible cessation of circulation of blood in the body of the
person.


DEATH (DEFINITION) ACT 1983
 - NOTES


Legislative
history

Notes

    *     For further information relating to the Act and subordinate
legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian
Statutes.

Principal Act



      
      
      
      
      




Year



No



Title



Assent



Commencement





1983



12



Death (Definition) Act 1983



5.5.1983



5.5.1983