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A c t s prohibited i n connection with disposal of deed. -- (1) Except with the permiesion of the Chief Officer, no person shall -- ( a ) burn, bury or otherwise dispose of any corpse except at a place provided or maintained for the purpose; (b) retain a corpse, on any premises, without burning, burying or otherwise lawfully disposing of eke save, for so long a time after death as to create a nuisance; dc) Carry a corpse along any street without having and keeping the same decently covered or without taking such precautions to prevent risk of infection or injury to the public health as the Council may, by public notice, from tinie to time, think fit to require; (dl except when no other route is available, carry a corpse along any stxeet along which the earying of corpses ie prohibiked by a public notice issued by the Council in this behalf; (el remove a corpae which has been kept or used for purposes of dissection, otherwise than in a closed receptacle or vehicle; i f ) whilst conveying a corpse, place or leave the same on-or near any street without urgent necessity; ( g ) reopen for the interment of a corpse a grave or vault already occupied; (hl , after bringing or causing to be brought to a burning ground any corpse fail to burn or cause the same to be burnt within six hours from the time of the arrival thereof at such ground; (i) when burning or causing to be burnt any corpse, permit the same or any portion thereof to remain without being completely seduced to ashes or permit any cloth or other article used for the conveyance or buring of such corpse to be removed or to remain on or near the place of buring without its being completely reduced to ashes; ( j) exhume any body except under y ,f 188 the provision of section 176 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1898 or of any other law for the time being in force, from any place for the dis- posal of the dead. Explanation : For the purposes of this section. the expression <<corpse>> includes any part thereof. ( 2 ) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section (I), shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which day extend to one hundred rupees.