Clause 107

No corpse shall be retained in any premises, including a funeral parlour, for a period longer than forty-eight hours after death, unless the corpse is encoffined in a hermetically sealed coffin or is embalmed.

So long as such corpse is encoffined in a hermetically sealed coffin or is embalmed, it may be retained in any premises, including a funeral parlour, for a period not exceeding seven days after death, but where it is intended to retain a corpse for a period exceeding seven days, the permission in writing of the Commissioner shall first be obtained.

The Commissioner may, in granting permission under subsection (2) of this section, impose such conditions as he may think fit.