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No person shall— (a) retain a corpse on any premises, wilhoui burning, burying or otherwise lawfully disposing or Ihe same, Tor so long a lime after dealh as lo create a nuisance; (b) carry a corpse or pari or a corpse along any street without having and keeping the same decently covered or without taking such precautions lo prevent risk of infection or injury ■ to lhe community health as the Municipal Commissioner may by public nolice, from lime lo lime, think fil Lo require; (c) except when no other route is available, carry a corpse or pari of a corpse along any street along which Lhe carrying or corpses is prohibited by a public nolice issued by lhe Municipal Commissioner in lhis behalf (d) remove a corpse or parL or a corpse, which has been kepi or used Tor purpose of disseciion, otherwise, lhan in a closed receptacle or vehicle; The Kolkaia Municipal Corporation Act, 1980. 823 Corporation [ft take mea- sures Tor prevention and checking of dangerous diseases. Obligation lo give information oT dangerous disease. Disposal of de;id animals, LIX of 1980.] (Part VII.—Community Health.—Chapier XXVUL—Disposal of the Dead,—Section 469— Chapter XXIX,—Rest/aim of Infection.—Sections 470, 471.) (c) while conveying a corpse or pnrt or ;i corpse place or leave the same on or near any slreel without urgent necessity; (0 bury or cause to be buried any corpse or part or a corpsc in a grave or vauk or otherwise in such manner as may cause Ilie surface or llic col li n or, wlien no coffin is used, or the corpse or part of the corpse to be al a deplli or less lhan two metres from the surface of the ground: (g) build or dig, or cause to be built or dug, any grave or vault in any burial ground al u distance of less lhan one half of a meire from the margin or any oiher grave or vault: (h) build or dig, or cause to be built or dug, a grave or vault in any burial ground in any line not marked out for this purpose by or under ihc order of the Municipal Commissioner; (i) wilhoul llic written permission of die Municipal Commissioner reopen, forilie interment of a corpsc or of any pan ol a corpsc, a grave or vault already occupied.