Cantonments Act : DISPOSAL OF INFECTIOUS CORPSE Indian Bare Acts :

Cantonments Act,1924

Act No : 2

Section : DISPOSAL OF INFECTIOUS CORPSE

SECTION 170: DISPOSAL OF INFECTIOUS CORPSE

- Where any person has died in a cantonment from any infectious or contagious disease, the Executive Officer may, by notice in writing,-

(a) require any person having charge of the corpse to convey the same to a mortuary, thereafter to be disposed of in accordance with law: or

(b) prohibit the removal of the corpse from the place where death occurred except lor the purpose of being buried or burned or of being conveyed to a mortuary.