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Ii shall be Lhe duly of Lhc nearesi relation present at lhe time or the dealh or in attendance during the lasi illness or any person dying in '[Kolkaia] and, in default ol' sucli relation, of any person present or in aiiendance al the time of the dealii and of the occupier of Lhe premises in which lo his knowledge ihci dcuLh Look placc and, in defiiull of lhe person hereinbefore mentioned, of each inmate or such premises and or Lhe undertaker or olher person causing lhe corpse of the deceased person to be disposed of io give, to ihe best of his knowledge and belief, to the Registrar of [he area wiihin which Lhc death look place information con la in in g such particulars as may be prescribed in Ihis behalf wiihin twenty-Tour hours of ils occurrence: Provided thai— (a) if the cause of death is known to be a dangerous disease, the information as aforesaid shall be given wiihin twelve hours or ils occurrcncc; (b) if lhe dealh or any person occurs in a hospital or a nursing home or a maternity home, it shall be lhe duly of none but the medical officcr or oLlicr officcr-in-charge thereof to forward forth wiih a report or such death in such form as the -[officer-in-charge as specified in snb-seciion (1) or section 451] may from time Lo lime speciry.