section 246
Council to provide or permit burning and bu- rial grounds.
The Daman and Diu Municipalities Regulation 1994Infrastructure1994314 sections
Statutory text
- (1) A Council may, with the previaue sanction of the Collector,provide suitable placesfor burning or burying or otherwise disposing of dead bodies and may charge for the use of any 'such place or for the supply of ally material such fees as t h e Council may from time to time determine. (2) No person shall, after the appointed day, open or provide any new place within the municipal area for the disposal of dead bodies, except with the permission of the Council: Provided that -- (i) no such permission shall be granted by the Council without the sanction of the Collector; (ii) in granting such permission, it shall be lawful for the Council to impose, with the sanction of the Collector, such condition as it may deem fit. (3) The Council may' at any time by a general or special notice require any person owning or maintaining any place for the disposal of the dead on the appointed day, to take such measures to maintain such place in good order and in a safe sanitary condition as any be specified in the notice or may apply to the Collector under the next succeeding sec- tion to close the place. (4) The cond~tion to be imposed under sub-section ( 2 ) or the measures required to be taken under sub- sect,ion ( 3 ) shall not be inconsistent with ariy bye- laws framed by the Council for the maintenance of places for the disposal of the dead, due regard being had'to the religious usages of the community or sec- tion of the community entitled to use of such place. (5) Any person who contravenes any provision of sub-section ( 2 ) shall, on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to five hundred rupees.
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