law: Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994
  5. Authority for removal of human organs in
  
  case of unclaimed bodies in hospital or prison
  (1) In the case of a dead body lying in a
  
  hospital or prison and not claimed by any of the near relatives of the deceased
  
  person within forty-eight hours from the time of the death of the concerned
  
  person, the authority for the removal of any human organ from the dead body
  
  which so remains unclaimed may be given, in the prescribed form, by the person
  
  in charge, for the time being, of the management or control of the hospital or
  
  prison, or by an employee of such hospital or prison authorized in this behalf
  
  by the person in charge of the management or control thereof.
  (2) No authority shall be given under
  
  sub-section (1) if the person empowered to give such authority has reason to
  
  believe that any near relative of the deceased person is likely to claim the
  
  dead body even though such near relative has not come forward to claim the body
  
  of the deceased person within the time specified in sub-section (1).