Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (1) "approved institution" means a hospital or a medical teaching or research institution which the State Government may, by notification in the Gazette, approve for the purposes of this Act; (2) "near relative", in relation to a deceased person, means any person related to the deceased as wife, husband, parent, son, daughter, brother, sister and includes any other person who under the personal law governing the deceased may be the heir of the deceased; (3) "prescribed"means prescribed by rules made under this Act; (4) "recognized" means recognized by the State Government for the purposes of this Act in such manner as may be prescribed; (5) "registered medical practitioner" means a practitioner registered under the provisions of the U. P. Medical Act, 1917; and (6) "unclaimed body" means the body of a deceased person who has no near relative or which has not been claimed by any of his near relatives within two hours of the death of the deceased.