1987 Ed.]
Anatomy Act 1832
[App. IIA
4. Inspectors to make quarterly returns of subjects removed for anatomical examination..... Every inspector to be appointed by virtue of this Act shall make a quarterly return to the said Secretary of State or Chief Secretary, as the case may be, of every deceased person's body that during the preceding quarter has been removed for anatomical examination to every separate place in his district where anatomy is carried on, distinguishing the sex, and, as far as is known at the time, the name and age of each person whose body was so removed as aforesaid.
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Inspectors to inspect places where anatomy is practised.- It shall be lawful for every such inspector to visit and inspect at any time any place within his district, notice of which place has been given, as is herein-after directed, that it is intended there to practise anatomy.
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Salaries to inspectors.~ It shall be lawful for His Majesty to grant to every such inspector such an annual salary not exceeding one hundred pounds for his trouble, and to allow such a sum of money for the expenses of his office as may appear reasonable, such salaries and allowances to be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, and to be payable quarterly; and ... an annual return of all such salaries and allowances shall be made to Parliament.
7. Persons having lawful custody of bodies may permit them to undergo anatomical examination in certain cases.-— ... It shall be lawful for any executor or other party having lawful possession of the body of any deceased person, and not being an undertaker or other party intrusted with the body for the purpose only of interment, to permit the body of such deceased person to undergo anatomical examination, unless, to the knowledge of such executor or other party, such person shall have expressed his desire, either in writing at any time during his life, or verbally in the presence of two or more witnesses during the illness whereof he died, that his body after death might not undergo such examination, or unless the surviving husband or wife, or any known relative of the deceased person, shall require the body to be interred without such examination.
8. Provision in case of persons directing anatomical examinations after their death..... If any person, either in writing at any time during his life, or verbally in the presence of two or more witnesses during the illness whereof he died, shall direct that his body after death be examined anatomically, or shall nominate any party by this Act authorized to examine bodies anatomically to make such examination, and if, before the burial of the body of such person, such direction or nomination shall be made known to the party having lawful possession of the dead body, then such last-mentioned party shall direct such examination to be made, and in case of any such nomination as aforesaid, shall request and permit
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1987 Ed.]
Anatomy Act 1832
[App. IIA
4. Inspectors to make quarterly returns of subjects removed for anatomical examination..... Every inspector to be appointed by virtue of this Act shall make a quarterly return to the said secretary of state or chief secretary, as the case may be, of every deceased person's body that during the preceding quarter has been removed for anatomical examination to every separate place in his district where anatomy is carried on, distinguishing the sex, and, as far as is known at the time, the name and age of each person whose body was so removed as aforesaid.
5.
Inspectors to inspect places where anatomy is practised.- It shall be lawful for every such inspector to visit and inspect at any time any place within his district, notice of which place has been given, as is herein-after directed, that it is intended there to practise anatomy.
6.
Salaries to inspectors.~
It shall be lawful for his Majesty to grant to every such inspector such an annual salary not exceeding one hundred pounds for his trouble, and to allow such a sum of money for the expenses of his office as may appear reason- able, such salaries and allowances to be charged on the consolidated fund of the United Kingdom, and to be payable quarterly; and . . . . an annual return of all such salaries and allowances shall be made to Parliament.
7. Persons having lawful custody of bodies may permit them to undergo anatomical examination in certain cases.-— . . . . It shall be lawful for any executor or other party having lawful possession of the body of any deceased person, and not being an undertaker or other party intrusted with the body for the purpose only of inter- ment, to permit the body of such deceased person to undergo anatomical examination, unless, to the knowledge of such executor or other party, such person shall have expressed his desire, either in writing at any time during his life, or verbally in the presence of two or more witnesses during the illness whereof he died, that his body after death might not undergo such examination, or unless the surviving husband or wife, or any known relative of the deceased person, shall require the body to be interred without such examination.
8. Provision in case of persons directing anatomical examina- tions after their death..... If any person, either in writing at any time during his life, or verbally in the presence of two or more witnesses during the illness whereof he died, shall direct that his body after death be examined anatomically, or shall nominate any party by this Act authorized to examine bodies anatomically to make such examination, and if, before the burial of the body of such person, such direction or nomination shall be made known to the party having lawful possession of the dead body, then such last- mentioned party shall direct such examination to be made, and in case of any such nomination as aforesaid, shall request and permit
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