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It shall be the duty of the police to convey every unclaimed corpse to a police in regard to registered burial or burning ground or other place for disposal of the death or to a duly appointed mortuary and to inform thereafter the officer specially corpses. empowered in this behalf within whose jurisdiction such corpse is found. Sextens etc. 254. No sexten or keeper of a registered burial or burning ground or other bury place for disposal of the dead, whether situated within the municipal area or etc. corpse. not, shall bury, burn or otherwise dispose of or allow to be buried, burnt or otherwise disposed of any corpse, unless such corpse is accompained by a certificate in such form as may be prescribed and signed by an officer specially empowered in this behalf or by a registered medical practitioner or any other medical practitioner authorised by the State Government in this behalf. CHAPTER XVII DISPOSAL OF DEAD Resistration 255. ( 1 ) Every owner or person having the control of any place already of places for used for burying, burning or otherwise disposing of the dead, but which is not disposal of dead. vested in, or owned by, the Municipality or any board appointed by the State Government for administration of such place, shall apply to the Municipality in such a manner as may be prescribed within a period of three months from the commencement of this Act to register the name of such place and the Municipality may register or reject the prayer for reason to be recorded. (2) Every such place vested in the Municipality or a board appointed by the State Government shall be registered in such manner as may be prescribed. (3) A Municipality may extend existing place or open a new place for the said purpose within Municipal area or, with the permission of the State Government, outside Municipality area. (4) No new place shall be opened or existing place shall be extended by any person without permission of the Municipality.