Section 22

of the commission of or the intention of any other person to commit any seizable offence punishable under Chapters VI, VII, VIII (except section 160), XII and XVI of the Penal Code [Cap. 224] or under any of the following sections of the Penal Code:161, 162, 163, 164, 170, 171, 211, 212, 216, 216A, 226, 270, 281, 285, 286, 382, 384, 385, 386, 387, 388, 389, 392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 399, 400, 401, 402, 430A, 435, 436, 437, 438, 440, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 489A, 489B, 489C, 489D and 506; or

of any sudden or unnatural death or death by violence or of any death under suspicious circumstances or of the body of any person being found dead without its being known how that person came by death,shall, in the absence of reasonable excuse, the burden of proving which shall lie upon the person so aware, forthwith give information to the officer in charge of the nearest police station or to a police officer of the commission or intention or of the sudden, unnatural or violent death or death under suspicious circumstances or of the finding of the dead body, as the case may be.