  <span> 
                                              ANATOMY ACT, 1965 (ACT 280)</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &nbsp;ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              1.&nbsp; Licence for examination, etc., 
                                              of bodies of deceased individuals.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              2.&nbsp; Persons having lawful custody 
                                              of bodies of deceased individuals 
                                              to permit examination, etc., of 
                                              such bodies.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              3.&nbsp; Individuals directing 
                                              examination, etc., of their bodies 
                                              after death.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              4. Executor prohibited from 
                                              permitting examination, etc., of 
                                              bodies in certain circumstances.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              5. Unclaimed bodies of deceased 
                                              individuals for examination, etc.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              6.&nbsp; Bodies of deceased individuals 
                                              not to be removed for twenty-four 
                                              hours, etc.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              7.&nbsp; Requirements to be complied 
                                              with by licensee for removal of 
                                              body, etc.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              8.&nbsp; Requirements to be complied 
                                              with by licensee for receipt of 
                                              body.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              9. Head of medical school or 
                                              institution to cause to be 
                                              retained in certain circumstances 
                                              the whole or part of a body.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              10.&nbsp; Saving.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              11.&nbsp; Offences.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              12.&nbsp; Regulations.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              13.&nbsp; Interpretation.</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              THE TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTIETH</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              ACT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF THE 
                                              REPUBLIC OF GHANA</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              ENTITLED</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              THE ANATOMY ACT, 1965 (ACT 280)</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              AN ACT to regulate the examination 
                                              and dissection of the bodies of 
                                              deceased individuals and to 
                                              provide for matters connected 
                                              therewith or incidental thereto.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              DATE OF ASSENT: 9th April, 1965.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              BE IT ENACTED by the President and 
                                              the National Assembly in this 
                                              present Parliament assembled as 
                                              follows:&#8212;</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 1&#8212;Licence for Examination, 
                                              Etc., of Bodies of Deceased 
                                              Individuals.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (1) The Minister may grant a 
                                              licence authorising the carrying 
                                              out, in accordance with the 
                                              provisions of this Act, of the 
                                              matters specified in subsection 
                                              (2), to the persons referred to in 
                                              that subsection.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (2)&nbsp; The licence referred to in 
                                              subsection (1) of this section 
                                              shall authorise&#8212;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (a)&nbsp; the Head of any medical 
                                              school or institution,</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (b) any teacher and medical 
                                              practitioner employed in such a 
                                              school or institution, and</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (c) any student working under the 
                                              supervision of any person referred 
                                              to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this 
                                              subsection,</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              to carry out all, or any of the 
                                              following matters:&#8212;</span></p> 
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                                              <span>(i)&nbsp; 
                                              to receive in that school or 
                                              institution the body of a deceased 
                                              individual;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (ii)&nbsp; to keep or possess therein 
                                              that body;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (iii)&nbsp; to examine therein that 
                                              body;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (iv) to dissect therein that body; 
                                              and </span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (v) to carry out any other matter 
                                              specified in the licence which the 
                                              Minister is of opinion is in the 
                                              interests of medical science.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (3) No person other than a 
                                              licensee, shall carry out any of 
                                              the matters referred to in 
                                              subsection (2) of this section.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 2&#8212;Persons having Lawful 
                                              Custody of Bodies of Deceased 
                                              Individuals to Permit Examination, 
                                              Etc., of such Bodies.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              The executor or any other person 
                                              having lawful possession of the 
                                              body of a deceased individual, and 
                                              not being an undertaker or other 
                                              person entrusted with that body 
                                              for the purpose only of interment, 
                                              may permit any licensee to carry 
                                              out in relation to that body any 
                                              matter referred to in subsection 
                                              (2) of section 1, unless to the 
                                              knowledge of that executor or 
                                              person, the deceased individual 
                                              has expressed a contrary desire, 
                                              in writing at any time during his 
                                              life or by word of mouth in the 
                                              presence of at least two witnesses 
                                              during the illness whereof he 
                                              died, or unless the surviving 
                                              husband or wife, or in the absence 
                                              of such husband or wife, any known 
                                              relative of the deceased 
                                              individual falling within such 
                                              class of relatives of that 
                                              individual as may be prescribed, 
                                              is opposed to such matter being 
                                              carried out.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 3&#8212;Individuals Directing 
                                              Examination, Etc., of their Bodies 
                                              after Death.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              If any individual either in 
                                              writing at any time during his 
                                              life, or by word of mouth, in the 
                                              presence of at least two witnesses 
                                              during the illness whereof he 
                                              died, directs that any licensee 
                                              shall carry out in relation to his 
                                              body after death any matter 
                                              specified in subsection (2) of 
                                              section 1 and if before the burial 
                                              or cremation of his body the 
                                              direction is made known to the 
                                              executor or any other person 
                                              having lawful possession of the 
                                              body, then that executor or person 
                                              shall permit that licensee to 
                                              carry out that matter unless the 
                                              surviving husband or wife or in 
                                              the absence of such husband or 
                                              wife, any known relative of the 
                                              deceased individual falling within 
                                              such class of relatives of that 
                                              individual as may be prescribed, 
                                              is opposed to that matter being 
                                              carried out.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 4&#8212;Executor Prohibited from 
                                              Permitting Examination, Etc., of 
                                              Bodies in certain Circumstances.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              No executor or other person having 
                                              lawful possession of the body of a 
                                              deceased individual shall permit 
                                              any person to carry out in 
                                              relation to that body any matter 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) of 
                                              section 1, if that individual 
                                              during his life has expressed a 
                                              contrary desire in the manner set 
                                              out in section 2 or if the 
                                              surviving wife or husband or known 
                                              relative, as the case may be, is 
                                              opposed to that matter being 
                                              carried out.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 5&#8212;Unclaimed Bodies of 
                                              Deceased Individuals for 
                                              Examination, Etc.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              The medical Head of any hospital 
                                              may donate the body of any 
                                              deceased individual dying of known 
                                              causes to the Head of any medical 
                                              school or institution for carrying 
                                              out by him or any other licensee 
                                              in relation to that body any 
                                              matter referred to in subsection 
                                              (2) of section 1, if the Head of 
                                              the hospital is satisfied that 
                                              that body has not been claimed by 
                                              the surviving wife or husband, or 
                                              in the absence of such wife or 
                                              husband, by any known relative of 
                                              that individual falling within 
                                              such class of relatives of that 
                                              individual as may be prescribed, 
                                              for a period which in his opinion 
                                              has been unreasonably long.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 6&#8212;Bodies of Deceased 
                                              Individuals not to be removed for 
                                              Twenty-Four Hours, Etc.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              No licensee shall remove the body 
                                              of a deceased individual for the 
                                              purpose of carrying out in 
                                              relation to that body any matter 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) of 
                                              section 1&#8212;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (a) unless at least twenty-four 
                                              hours have elapsed since the death 
                                              of that individual; and </span> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (b)&nbsp; unless&#8212;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
                                              <span>(i) 
                                              a certificate stating the cause of 
                                              death has been signed by the 
                                              medical practitioner who attended 
                                              him during his last illness; and</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (ii) if there is no such 
                                              practitioner, a certificate 
                                              stating the cause of death to the 
                                              best of his knowledge has been 
                                              signed by a medical practitioner 
                                              who has been summoned to view the 
                                              body after the death.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 7&#8212;Requirements to be 
                                              Complied with by Licensee for 
                                              Removal of Body, Etc.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (1) No licensee shall remove a 
                                              body of a deceased individual for 
                                              carrying out any matter specified 
                                              in subsection (2) of section 1 
                                              unless that body is placed in a 
                                              decent coffin or shell and is 
                                              removed therein.</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (2)&nbsp; Every licensee shall&#8212;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (a) make provision that after he 
                                              has finished with the body of the 
                                              deceased individual, the body 
                                              shall be decently interred in a 
                                              public cemetery; and</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (b) transmit a certificate of the 
                                              interment of that body issued by 
                                              the competent authority to the 
                                              Minister or to any person 
                                              appointed by him.</span></p> 
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                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 8&#8212;Requirements to be 
                                              Complied with by Licensee for 
                                              Receipt of Body.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (1) No licensee shall receive any 
                                              body of a deceased individual for 
                                              the purpose of carrying out in 
                                              relation to that body any matter 
                                              referred to in subsection (2) of 
                                              section 1 unless&#8212;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (a)&nbsp; he receives with that body 
                                              the certificate of cause of death 
                                              referred to in section 6; and</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (b) within twenty-four hours of 
                                              the receipt of that body, he 
                                              enters or cause to be entered in a 
                                              book maintained for the purpose&#8212;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
                                              <span>(i) 
                                              the day and hour when the body was 
                                              received;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
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                                              (ii) the name and address of the 
                                              person from whom the body was 
                                              received;</span></p> 
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                                              (iii)&nbsp; the date and place of 
                                              death;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (iv) the sex of the deceased 
                                              individual;</span></p> 
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                                              <span> 
                                              (v) the name and age of such 
                                              individual, if known;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (vi) the last address of such 
                                              individual, if known; and</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 72.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (vii) such other particulars as 
                                              may be prescribed.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (2) The Head of any medical school 
                                              or institution shall produce the 
                                              book referred to in subsection (1) 
                                              of this section, whenever required 
                                              so to do by the Minister.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 9&#8212;Head of Medical School 
                                              or Institution to Cause to be 
                                              Retained in certain Circumstances 
                                              the Whole or Part of a Body.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (1) The Head of a medical school 
                                              or institution may cause to be 
                                              retained the whole or a part of 
                                              the body of a deceased individual 
                                              if&#8212;</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (a) he is satisfied that the 
                                              retention thereof is in the 
                                              interests of medical science; and</span></p> 
                                              <p style="text-align: justify; margin-left: 36.0pt"> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (b) the competent authorities have 
                                              consented to the retention.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (2)&nbsp; For the purposes of 
                                              subsection (1) of this section, 
                                              &quot;competent authorities&quot; means the 
                                              executor or other party having 
                                              lawful possession of the body of 
                                              the deceased individual and the 
                                              surviving wife or husband of that 
                                              individual and, in the absence of 
                                              such wife or husband, any known 
                                              relative of the deceased 
                                              individual falling within such 
                                              class of relatives of that 
                                              individual as may be prescribed.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 10&#8212;Saving.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Nothing in this Act shall be 
                                              deemed to prohibit any post-mortem 
                                              examination of any human body 
                                              required or directed to be made by 
                                              any competent legal authority.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 11&#8212;Offences.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (1) Any person who contravenes any 
                                              provision of this Act other than 
                                              subsection (3) of section 1 shall 
                                              be guilty of an offence and shall, 
                                              on summary conviction be liable to 
                                              a fine not exceeding fifty pounds 
                                              or to a term of imprisonment not 
                                              exceeding three months or to both 
                                              such fine and imprisonment.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              (2) Any person who contravenes 
                                              subsection (3) of section 1 shall 
                                              be guilty of an offence and shall, 
                                              on summary conviction be liable to 
                                              a fine not exceeding five hundred 
                                              pounds or to a term of 
                                              imprisonment not exceeding two 
                                              years or to both such fine and 
                                              imprisonment.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 12&#8212;Regulations.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              The Minister may make regulations 
                                              for prescribing anything 
                                              authorised by this Act to be 
                                              prescribed by regulations and for 
                                              providing for the form of any 
                                              licence or certificate issued 
                                              under this Act and for any other 
                                              matter that appears to him to be 
                                              necessary for carrying into effect 
                                              the provisions of this Act.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <b> 
                                              <span> 
                                              Section 13&#8212;Interpretation.</span></b></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              In this Act, unless the context 
                                              otherwise requires&#8212;</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &quot;licensee&quot; means any person to 
                                              whom a licence has been granted 
                                              under section 1 and referred to in 
                                              subsection (2) of that section;</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &quot;medical practitioner&quot; means a 
                                              medical practitioner registered 
                                              under the Medical and Dental Act, 
                                              1959 (No. 36);</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &quot;medical school or institution&quot; 
                                              means a medical school or other 
                                              medical institution recognized by 
                                              the Minister for the purposes of 
                                              this Act; and</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &quot;Minister&quot; means the Minister 
                                              responsible for Health.</span></p> 
                                              <p> 
                                              <span> 
                                              &quot;prescribed&quot; means prescribed by 
                                              regulations made under section 12.</span></p>