Clause 82
Exhumation
of Environmental Public Health Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 16 of 122
Clause 82
(1)
No corpse shall be exhumed otherwise than —
(a)
by a notice from the Commissioner under section 79;
(b)
by order of a Magistrate, Coroner or Commissioner of Police for the purpose of judicial inquiry; or
(c)
by written permission granted for that purpose by the Commissioner.
(2)
Any person who exhumes or causes to be exhumed or being the owner, the trustee or the person in charge of any burial ground permits to be exhumed any corpse in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence.