The Transplantation of Human Organs Act – 1994

1. Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who, for purposes of transplantation, conducts, associates with, or helps in any manner in, the removal of any human organ without authority, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years and with fine which may extend to twenty lakh rupees.
2. Where any person convicted under sub-section (1) is a registered medical practitioner, his name shall be reported by the Appropriate Authority to the respective State Medical Council for taking necessary action including the removal of his name from the register of the Council for a period of three years for the first offence and permanently for the subsequent offence.
3. Any person who renders his services to or at any hospital and who conducts, or associates with or helps in any manner in the removal of human tissue without authority, shall be punishable with

• imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine which may extend to five lakh rupees.

Punishment for commercial dealings in human organs.—Whoever—

• makes or receives any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human organ;
• seeks to find a person willing to supply for payment any human organ;
• offers to supply any human organ for payment; or
• initiates or negotiates any arrangement involving the making of any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human organ;
• takes part in the management or control of a body of persons, whether a society, firm or company, whose activities consist of or include the initiation or negotiation of any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or (f) publishes or distributes or causes to be published or distributed any advertisement,—

1.  inviting persons to supply for payment of any human organ;
2. offering to supply any human organ for payment; or
3. indicating that the advertiser is willing to initiate or negotiate any arrangement referred
4. to in clause
5. abets in the preparation or submission of false documents including giving false affidavits to establish that the donor is making the donation of the human organs, as a near relative or by reason of affection or attachment towards the recipient,

• shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years but which may extend to ten years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than twenty lakh rupees but may extend to one crore rupees.

 Punishment for illegal dealings in human tissues.—Whoever—

• makes or receives any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human tissue; or
• seeks to find a person willing to supply for payment and human tissue; or
• offers to supply any human tissue for payment; or
• initiates or negotiates any arrangement involving the making of any payment for the supply of, or for an offer to supply, any human tissue; or
• takes part in the management or control of a body of persons, whether a society, firm or company, whose activities consist of or include the initiation or negotiation of any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or (f) publishes or distributes or causes to be published or distributed any advertisement—
• abets in the preparation or submission of false documents including giving false affidavits to establish that the donor is making the donation of the human tissues as a near relative or by reason of

1. inviting persons to supply for payment of any human tissue; or
2. offering to supply any human tissue for payment; or
3. indicating that the advertiser is willing to initiate or negotiate any arrangement referred to in clause (d); or

• affection or attachment towards the recipient,
• shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but which may extend to three years and shall be liable to fine which shall not be less than five lakh rupees but which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees.

Punishment for contravention of any other provision of this Act.—

• Whoever contravenes any provision of this Act or any rule made, or any condition of the registration granted, thereunder for which no punishment is separately provided in this Act, shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to five years or with fine which may extend to twenty lakh rupees.