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It shall be lhe duly ol'lhe police lo convey every unclaimed corpse lo a regislered burial or burning ground or olher place for disposal or Lhc dead or Lo a duly appointed mortuary and, thereafter, to inform lhe Registrar wiihin whose jurisdiction such corpse was found. 4G1. A sexlon or a keeper of a regislered burial or burning ground or olher place for disposal of the dead, whether siluated in '[Kolkaia] or not, shall not bury, bum or otherwise dispose of or allow lo be buried, burnt or 'Sue Fool-nole 2 on page 573, utiiu. Tile words, figures ;ind brackcls wiihin the square brackcls were substituted Tor ilic words "Chief Registrar" by _s. 21 or [lie Calculla Municipul Corporalion (Amendment) Acl. 2001 (Wcsl lien. Acl Vlll of 2001). 'The words, figures and bracken wiihin llie square brackcls were subsliuilcd for lhc words "Chief licgislrar" by s. 22, ibid. ^ ^ K K V ^ > > '->!■>?" > »» > Y-XV. VV V > S. ;■ >. V% > V?' VVVAVVV.' 820 The Kolkata Municipal Corporation Act, i 9SO. [West Ben. Act (Pan VII,—Community Health.—Chapter XXVHI.—Disposed of the Dead.—Scct ion 462.) otherwise disposed of the corpse unless such corpse is accompanied by a certificate in sucli form us in ay be prescribed and signed by a Regis Irar appointed under section 451 or by a registered medical practitioner or any other medical practitioner authorised by lhc State Government in this behalf. CHAPTER XXVIII Disposal or lhe Dead Reuisirruion 462. (1) Every ownerar person having lhe control oTany place already SLSiTof^ use^ f°r burying, burning or otherwise disposing of the dead but which is ihe dead, nol vested in or owned by the Corporation or a Board appointed by the Stale Government Tor administration of such plftcc shall apply to the Municipal Commissioner within a period of three months from [he commencement of [his Aci to register lhe same and lhc Municipal Commissioner shall cause the same to be registered. (2) Such application shall be accompanied by a plun, bearing llie signature of ;i licensed surveyor in token of ils having been prepared by or under the supervision of such surveyor, of the place to be registered, showing Lhc locality, boundaries and extent of Lhe same. The application shall also contain informal ion as regards llie name of ilie owner or person or community interested therein, Lhe sysicm of management and such further particulars as Lhc Municipal Commissioner may require. (3) The Municipal Commissioner may, on rcccipt of such application and plan, register the said place in a register which shall be kept Tor this purpose. (4) The Municipal Commissioner shall cause to be deposiied in the officc of the Corporation at the lime of registration lhe plan referred lo in sub-seclion (2). (5) If Lhe Municipal Commissioner is not sal is Tied with Lhe plan or statement or particulars, lie may refuse or postpone registration until his objections have been removed. (6) Every placc vesting in the Corporation or a Board appoinicd by the State Government for adminisiration of such place used for burying, burning or otherwise disposing of the dead shall be regislered in lhc register kept under sub- seclion (3) and shall be classified as public or privnie, and a plan showing Lhe locality, extent and boundaries thereof and bearing ihe signature of an officer authorised by the Municipal Commissioner in Ihis behalf shall be deposited in the office of the Corporation. LIX of 1980.1 The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. S21 Provision for and i ,il ion of new places for disposal of llic dead. Permission for opening new plaee fur disposal of ihc ik;id or reojvniny of phec. West Ben, Aci Xlll or