Section 56: Purposes of donation of body, tissue e.t.c

(1) Donation under section 55 of this Act may only be made for the purposes of-
(a) training of students in health sciences :
(b) health research ;
(c) advancement of health sciences ;
(d) therapy, including the use of tissue in any living person ; or
(e)
production of a therapeutic, diagnostic or prophylactic substance.
(2)
This Act does not apply to the preparation of the body of a deceased person for the purposes of embalming it, whether or not such preparation involves the-
(a)
making of incisions in the body for the withdrawal of brood and the replacement by a preservative ; or
(b) restoration of any disfigurement or mutilation of the body before its burial.