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In section 173 of the principal Act shall be renumbered as sub- section (1) of that section and in sub-section (1) as so renumbered,— Amendment of section 173. (1) in clause (b), for the expression “the Commissioner or a Magistrate”, the expression “the Judicial Magistrate” shall be substituted; (2) after clause (c), the following clause shall be added, namely:— “(d) retain a corpse on any premises without cremating, burying or otherwise lawfully disposing off, for more than such period and in such manner, as may be prescribed;”; (3) after sub-section (1), as so amended, the following sub- sections shall be added, namely:— “(2) If any place whether public or private, used as a crematorium or burial ground is found to endanger public health or if any other place is found to be overcrowded with burials or for any other reason to be recorded, the Commissioner may, with the approval of the council, close such crematorium or burial ground, by a notification in the District Gazette. (3) Where sufficient modern crematoria are available in a municipality, the council may, by notification, ban open cremation within such municipal limit.”.